small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
hug; carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.)
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
signs of rain; threat of rain
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); taxiing (aircraft); making a takeoff run
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
but; however; provided that
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
scenery; scene; landscape
practice; practising; experience
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
greeting phrase (in letter, etc.); salutation
reading aloud; recitation
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; patch of blue sky; (arch.) period of serenity