to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
parents and siblings; one's relatives
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
expression; look; countenance; face
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
famous picture; masterpiece (painting); film classic
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
to be overcome with emotion
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
entreaty; supplication; petition
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to lose sight of; to miss
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to leave this world; to die
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to catch the eye; to attract attention
sympathy; empathy; response
to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart
matter causing distress; something causing worry
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)