painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
time; season; period; phase; stage
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)
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
originally; by nature; from the start
with these words; while saying
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
fine weather; fair weather
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to be able to manage somehow or another
prime minister; premier; chancellor
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
first meeting; first interview with
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
it's not like; it isn't as if
self-consciousness; self-awareness
that is to say; so that means
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to know (a person); to think
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest