to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
of course; certainly; naturally
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
appearing as if something doesn't exist; casual; offhand
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
observation; survey; watching
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
environment; circumstance
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
deadly serious; deadly earnest
to ask a question; to ask questions
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
mountain climbing; mountaineering
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
book; volume; this; present; main; head
specialist journal; specialized magazine; specialised magazine
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope