grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
for today; for the time being
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to recall; to remember; to recollect
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
dead person; deceased person
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
period of time; time slot; time zone
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late