true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
had better ...; had better not ...
distinction; discrimination
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
discovery; detection; finding
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
apparent; obvious; very clear
confronting directly; meeting face-to-face
return of a courtesy; returning one's thanks; return salute; return call
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
front; frontage; facade; main
please; somehow or other; one way or another
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
other than; excluding; without
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to watch over; to watch attentively
being too late; losing one's final chance
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
right beside; close to; nearby
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
interval; break; pause; spare moment
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten