care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
(how) many times; (how) often
loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
to be surprised; to be astonished
having consent (e.g. to do something); having (someone's) assent
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
scene; spectacle; sight; view
two rooms and a combination dining-kitchen
to unfold; to unroll; to open
details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
two persons; two people; pair; couple
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to collapse into; to flop onto
beginning; outset; first; onset
witnessing; observing; sighting
to drop; to let fall; to omit
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked