several years; a few years
sad; wretched; deplorable
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
to be born; to come into this world
thousands; several thousand
to like; to love; to be fond of
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal
to hide; to keep to oneself
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
to keep a house; to run a household
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
slowly and quietly; smoothly
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek