with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
much less; to say nothing of
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to run down (stairs, etc.)
to become dim; to become blurred
reproducibility; repeatability; duplicability
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
in search of; in order to look for
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
mental health; mental hygiene
Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
cowrie (esp. the chocolate cowrie, Mauritia mauritiana); cowry
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
violent emotion; passion; fury
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
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 fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident