to face; to go towards; to head towards
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
door; gate; opening; title page
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to try to do; to attempt to do
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
already; now; no longer; not any more
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
to get late; to advance; to wear on
beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
midwinter; dead of winter
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
woman; female; feminine gender