to smell sweet; to be fragrant
perfume; fragrance; aroma; balm; sweet scent
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
such; this sort of; like this
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
to worry (about); to be worried (about); to be troubled (by); to be pained (by); to be distressed (by)
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
irrespective of the person concerned; indiscriminately; anyone and everyone; anybody at all
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
tension; resilience (e.g. of hair); springiness; will power; spirit
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
still (continuing); as ever; further
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to insert; to put between; to tuck (into)
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal