perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
snuggling; nuzzling; cuddling
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
deep affection; dear; beloved
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
January; first month of the lunar calendar
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
surroundings; environs; circumference
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
to try all possible means
to harm; to cause harm to
that; the matter in question
(period of) a year; during an era
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to be about to board; to be riding on; to get on top of; to lean over; to set about; to collide with
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to check; to stop; to keep back
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately
devil; evil spirit; genie
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
being about to cry; the verge of tears