sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
rough (behaviour, temperament, etc.); wild; rude; violent
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to collect; to assemble; to gather
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
true character; real nature
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
first of the season (e.g. produce, catch); virgin
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
knowing; (an) acquaintance
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
innocent; cherubic; childlike