light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
neat and clean; tidy; trim
soft and fluffy (e.g. hair)
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; charm; appeal
bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
left side; left-hand side
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
interior; inside; internal
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
to push (something) against
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
quite; utterly; really; completely
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
how can (one) do something
pure; clean; untouched; innocent
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
forget it; forget what I just said; scratch that; check that
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to feel keenly; to strike to the core; to touch to the quick; to pierce deep inside (e.g. of cold)