exerting care; attention; consideration; thoughtfulness
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
otherwise; or else; if not
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
closing; shutting; firmness; tightness; discipline
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to weaken (of willpower, solidarity, etc.); to lose one's edge; to become less tense; to become lax (of discipline, rules, etc.)
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
scrutiny; scanning; taking a good look
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
to become misty; to become hazy
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
dear; darling; adorable; precious; cute; lovely
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
gobang (game played on go board involving lining up stones); gomoku; Five in a Row
to begin (emphatically); to launch; to embark on
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
thought; consideration; thinking
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
(in Japanese architecture) transom
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to be at a loss; to be puzzled