beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
lonely; lonesome; dreary; (arch.) loneliness; (arch.) desolation
regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
bashfulness; shyness; (showing) signs of embarrassment
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
not caring; not giving a damn
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite