reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
library (usu. single-room); small library
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
one-by-one; separately; in detail
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
player (of music, instrument, etc.)
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
flustered; confused; panicked
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
odds and ends; all; every
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
another kind; distinct species; variety
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to accept; to receive; to agree
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
coming out (as gay, etc.)
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage