to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
to encamp; to take up positions
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
looking depressed; long face
to press against each other; to huddle together
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
decision; determination; resolution
to be worried; to be troubled
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
best friend; very close friend
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
ignorant of the ways of the world
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
and yet; though; when; in spite of
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse