to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
manner of using one's hands
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
information; experience; knowledge; observation
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
to look away; to avert one's eyes
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
-less; lacking; non-existing
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
please (give me); please (do for me)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
himself; yourself; herself
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
elasticity; resilience; flexibility; adaptability
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
writing implement; writing tool
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
to write down; to record; to register