joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
more than anything; above all else
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
when it becomes; when it comes to
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to be born; to come into the world
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
this world; this life; world of the living
to be born; to come into this world
mesh-patterned; webbed; cancellous; cancellate; reticulate; reticulated
book; volume; this; present; main; head
river; stream; River; the ... river
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
remarkable; striking; obvious
observation; survey; watching
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
gathering; mixer; meetup; assembly; social; exchange meeting