to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to be touching; to be moving
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
-less; lacking; non-existing
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
hiding one's embarrassment
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
nod; inclination of the head
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
innocent; sensitive; uncomplicated; unpretentious; straightforward
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
anything and everything; just about everything
encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
physical law; laws of physics
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
creation; birth; formation; naissance; construction
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness