tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to like; to love; to be fond of
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
production (e.g. play); direction
item; something that one "just has to have"
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
rise and fall; ups and downs; shame and glory; bright side and dark side; (lit.) light and shadow
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
funny story; funny anecdote
to be prominently ...; to be persistently ...
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
to be softened; to calm down
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour