to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
loveable; very likeable; like very much
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
a Buddha; deceased person
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
giving someone a ride on one's shoulders; shoulder wheel (judo)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
grandfather; male senior-citizen
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
deep emotion; strong feelings
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
around the world; throughout the world
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
how long; how far; how much
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly