to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
more than anything; above all else
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
only; merely; but; no more than
change; transformation; inversion
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
one day; (on) a certain day
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
to have a talk; to tell a story
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
at least; at most; (even) just
to fall ill; to be taken ill
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
somehow; for some reason or other