to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
has reached its limit (with this); has reached its peak (here)
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
unmistakable; unquestionable; certain; evident
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
hostility; antagonism; opposition
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
main cause; primary factor
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
how many people; a number of people
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
solitude; loneliness; isolation
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
great many; ever so many; any number; as few or as many (as you like); whether large or small
from now; from this moment; henceforth
permission; approval; authorization; license
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
Yama (King of Hell who judges the dead); Enma
Hades; land of the dead; netherworld
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC