comfort; consolation; diversion
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
this or that person; anybody; many people
about; concerning; as to; regarding
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
God; god; ace; king; superior person
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
event; phenomenon; matter
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to discuss; to talk together
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
discovery; detection; finding
servant; manservant; menial
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
single word; a few words; brief comment
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
to blaze; to burn brightly
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship