hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
night under the midnight sun; white night (at extreme latitudes); night during which the sun doesn't set
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
genius; prodigy; natural gift
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to leave this world; to die
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
memory; sense; experience
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
companion; partner; spouse
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
forcibly; against one's will
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
great laughter; burst of laughter
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff