gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; quiet; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild; temperate
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
aggressiveness; combativeness
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
shellfish; seashell; shell
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)
seaweed salt; salt from burning seaweed
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
salt; salt content; amount of salt; salinity
to be purplish; to be tinged purple
old person (knowledgeable about events of the distant past); elderly person; elder
to uncover; to solve; to reveal
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
with a start; in a fright; alarmedly
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high