voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to read the situation; to sense the mood
reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
again (and again); once again; yet again
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
finished product; finished goods; completed article
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
present; gift; to give a present or gift
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
and yet; despite (all) that
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
blur; blurred; indistinct
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
photograph of two people, usu. male and female; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service where a couple are randomly connected for a conversation
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
thought; consideration; thinking