reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
expressing one's mind; speaking out
hard fight; difficult struggle
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
loved one; lover; sweetheart
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet
virgin; maiden pure in heart
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
honor; honour; credit; prestige
pride; boast; credit (to)
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to exclude (somebody); to ignore; to keep in the dark; to leave out of the loop
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
tingling sensation (e.g. in a leg); feeling numb; painful tingle; noisily; ears ringing
to be prolonged; to drag on
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog
negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba); gingko; maidenhair tree
to dance down (leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to think constantly about; to dwell on
piece; fragment; one (object)
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to smash up; to defeat crushingly