development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
strong pressure; heavy pressure
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
if so; in that case; in that situation
unknown; obscure; insignificant
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
attendance; participation; presence
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
deep affection; dear; beloved
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to sit down; to take a seat
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with