uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
rather; sooner; preferably
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
to let down one's guard; to relax one's guard
to be born; to come into the world
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
being in love with each other
to stop talking; to be silent
flash (of light); glint; schiller
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
emphatic sentence-ending particle
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
with a fixed time; with a deadline
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
grandfather; male senior-citizen
lifetime; one's whole life; all through life
couple with a large age disparity
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent