cross-examination; retort; asking in return
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
sensitivity; susceptibility
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
in the sentence; in the text; Bunchū era (of the Southern Court) (1372.4.?-1375.5.27)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
to subsist; to keep on living
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
society; the world; the times
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
creation; Creation (by God)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
decision; determination; resolution
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
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
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising