sympathy; empathy; response
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
image; figure; figure; form; image
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
No Longer Human (1948 novel by Osamu Dazai)
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
number of copies; circulation
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
after school (at the end of the day)
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
practice; practising; training; study
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious