spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
stretcher; litter (medical); gurney
near; close; beside; third person
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
maintenance; preservation; improvement
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
interference; meddling; butting in
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
good performance; good work; great success
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
in low spirits; dejected; sad
parting gift; remembrance; aftereffect
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
oleaster (any plant of genus Elaeagnus); silverberry (US)
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
dealing with; coping with
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding