odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to pay attention; to be watchful
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
to crouch; to squat; to cower
pronunciation; production of sound
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to be sensitive to smoke; to dislike the company of (someone); to consider (someone) a burden or nuisance
reason; cause; circumstances
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
boarding house; school dormitory
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
in proportion to; just as much as
absorption; suction; attraction
manners; courtesy; etiquette
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course