yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
struggle (for); scramble; contest
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
graduation certificate; diploma; testamur
to stifle a laugh; to hold back a laugh
chocolate given to a friend (on Valentine's day)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
magic; sorcery; incantation
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
to combine parts of two different things into a new thing; to compromise; to balance out
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
ahem; cough-cough; noise in lieu of a comment or contrary view
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to breathe hard; to pant; to be out of breath
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject