finding employment; getting a job
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
moment by moment; hour by hour
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
front; frontage; facade; main
tingling; stinging; pungently
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
another; different; something else
longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to care for someone; to look after someone
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
one's emotional state; one's mood; human interest; kindness; simple-heartedness
visual confirmation; sighting
both hands; both arms; ten
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)
one by one; in detail; minutely
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign