one's whole heart; everything one feels
expressing one's mind; speaking out
influence (on someone); inspiration
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
heartrending; desperate; hopeless; full of grief
half-awake voice; sleepy voice; voice of when one has just woken up
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
late summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar
contrary to one's expectations
tedious; lengthy; wordy; long-winded
preface; introduction; preamble
at that time; in those days
riparian works; flood-control works
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to interlace; to fit together; to combine; to mingle
(arch.) kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards); (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
inside; interior; inner part
meditation; contemplation
to pause; to have a short intermission
plainly; clearly; vividly
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
body and soul; mind and body
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
(state of) house arrest; (state of) confinement
temporal region; regio temporalis (capitis)
regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)