shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
medium; mediocrity; average
humming a tune; humming unconcernedly
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
dark of the night; darkness of the night
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
in deep black; in jet black
people; citizens; subjects; folk
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
succeeding; following; trailing; next
reason; cause; circumstances
vitality; (one's) life force
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout