highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to gush forth (e.g. water from a spring); to flow (out); to well up (of tears, emotions, etc.); to flow out (of tears); to emerge; to suddenly appear
in accordance with; according to
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
cryptid (unidentified mysterious creature); mythical beast
stature; body height; one's means; one's status; one's ability
several times (as large, over)
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
that is to say; so that means
imagination; supposition; guess
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
huh; I'll be damned; well!
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
one's feeling while riding; comfort (of a vehicle); ride quality
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
a short while ago; just now; already; for a long time
little by little; bit by bit
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
one's own child; one's own children