promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to rock; to shake; to swing
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to turn towards; to point
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
sweet (voice, fragrance, etc.)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend