sense of touch; sense of being touched; tactile sense
feel (of a material); texture
earnestly; immediately; exactly
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
to whine; to make feeble complaints
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to be exhausted; to be tired out
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
closeted maiden; carefully-raised girl from a well-to-do family
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing