small fraction; small proportion
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to be surprised; to be astonished
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
virtue; charm; merit; good point
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
other than; excluding; without
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to subsist; to keep on living
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
viewpoint; point of view; way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)
way; method; means; resource; course
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)