soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
to pat (e.g. dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle
alone; unaided; away from home
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
in the meanwhile; during the time
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
lost article; something forgotten
to telephone; to make a phone call
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
by mutual agreement; by mutual consent
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
bare legs; bare feet; stockingless legs
to bail out (water); to scoop out
tickling; tickle; joke; gag
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to make an appeal; to urge
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
competing in earnest (esp. in sumo)
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to boil strongly; to be excited
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to be afraid (of); to be frightened (of)
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
integrity; consistency; conformity; compliance
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption