writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
not yet known; unknown; strange
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
in that way; like that; that way
to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered
rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
devoted; self-sacrificing
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
emotional strength; force of will
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
normalcy; normality; normal
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn)
mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
in the same way as; just like
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
station; office; guardroom
locker room; changing room; dressing room
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening