reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
riverside; edge of a river
soft serve ice cream (icecream)
to lay aside; to set aside
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
personality; style; appearance
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
accurate; correct; precise; exact
construction; establishment
as a child; when one was a child
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
to blaze; to burn brightly
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
to mark the end; to spell the end
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse