twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
expression; look; countenance; face
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
event; phenomenon; matter
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
right beside; close to; nearby
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
feminine handwriting; woman's hand
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless