to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to pierce through; to break through
to stifle a laugh; to hold back a laugh
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
just above; right overhead
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
walking briskly; determinedly
indescribable; having no way to express
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
interest (in something); enthusiasm
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
had better ...; had better not ...
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
wherein; therein; thereinto
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to let out a cry; to shout
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
just the other day; quite recently
to begin talking; to open up
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
lining; land that does not adjoin to public or private roads
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
calculated; premeditated; considered
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to attack; to assault; to assail