open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
to burst open; to pop; to split
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to be muffled; to be mumbled; to be muttered
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
natural voice (without a microphone)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
chill; the shivers; shivering fit
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
the other day; a few days ago
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period