moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
battle for Christmas sales
that's true; of course; obviously
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
considerably; fairly; quite
to make merry; to be festive
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to subsist; to keep on living
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
place where one works; construction site; working area
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency