gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
wherein; therein; thereinto
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
unusual space; other dimension
to be excited; to be elated
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
(not) a single person; (no) one
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
wetting; love affair; lover
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to fall on one's backside
to flare up; to burst into flames