wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
undershirt (worn under a kimono); singlet
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
bluff; false show of power; bold front
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
just because; even if; even though
to have sex; to have a physical relationship
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
limbs; arms and legs; body
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
shyness; bashfulness; shame
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream