grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
sneaker; sneakers; trainers
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to lie down; to throw oneself down
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
lack of physical exercise; insufficient exercise; inactivity
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
the other day; lately; recently; during this period
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make (someone) laugh; to amuse
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
deep affection; dear; beloved
feel uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
to become rounded; to roll into a ball