slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
clear and beautiful (of a woman's voice)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
carving; engraving; chiselled features
wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
in comparison to; rather than
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
waist; waistline; waist measurement
slim; slender; slight; delicate
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
in the same way as; just like
to stop walking; to pause
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
trouble; bother; annoyance
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
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
corridor; hallway; passageway
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to be smeared; to be covered
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean