participation; joining; entry; adherence
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
unrequited love; one-sided love
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
Bengalese finch; society finch (Lonchura striata var. domestica)
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
forcibly; against one's will
to be particular about one's food; to have a discriminating palate
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
failing to report; unreported; not officially registered (e.g. spouse)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
minced meat or fish that is seasoned and fried (usu. served on top of rice); tattered; ragged; fine; small
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
slightly early; just before
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
interview (e.g. for a job)
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
tendency; trend; inclination
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
criticism; critique; review; commentary
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough