naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
adherent; devotee; believer
on countless occasions; many a time
sweet (voice, fragrance, etc.)
to be harmonious; to get on well; to be intimate or close
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse; nanny
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
mending; repair; darning; patching up
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
breaking one's ties (with); breaking off (from); pulling out (of)
sense of loss; feeling of loss
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
mountain hamlet; mountain village
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
large crowd; mass of people