request; favour (to ask); wish; please
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
(social) position; status
absorption; suction; attraction
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to grow up; to become an adult
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
humming a tune; humming unconcernedly
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence