tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
recovery; rescue; recapture
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
failure; mistake; blunder
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
elder sister; effeminate man
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
after that; afterwards; thereafter
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings