stability; steadiness; equilibrium
difficult to ...; hard to ...
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood
proposal; offer; request; application
to think too much; to be over-concerned
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus); (arch.) pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to overdo; to do too much
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to step firmly; to harden by treading
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
to accept; to receive; to agree
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
homecoming; returning home