to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
preference; priority; precedence
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to discuss; to talk together
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
without; but if; otherwise; or else
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
will not do; do not; does not
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
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
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled