to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
first person to say something; first person to suggest something
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
helpful person; person who likes looking after others; overly helpful person; annoyingly helpful person; manager; go-between
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
one's (living) environment
expressing one's mind; speaking out
dated; date; fixed; external
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
dregs; lees; grounds; sediment
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to rush back; to run back
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
(telephone) extension; additional telephone handset; portable handset; cordless telephone
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
mountain stream; mountain torrent
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
(one) letter; (one) character
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
feminine handwriting; woman's hand
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked