to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
feeling; sensitivity; emotion
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
drama; play; powerful drug
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
along; parallel to; in accordance with
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
hiding one's embarrassment
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
distortion; falsification; perversion
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
birth; creation; formation
tradition; legend; folklore
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite