to comfort; to console; to amuse
environment; circumstance
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
scope; valid range; coverage
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
process; course; mechanism
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
one's (living) environment
degeneration; retrogression
ancestor; forefather; foremother
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
as; because; with; due to
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
pillow talk; conversation in bed; bedtime story
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
now that you say that; now that you mention it
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
emotional strength; force of will
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to arrive home; to return
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
ornamental garden stone (seemingly placed randomly to give the garden a more natural appearance); garden rock; sacrificed stone (in go); sacrifice (e.g. career, reputation); stones used in a foundation; riprap
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)