before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
in person; personally; directly
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
it is I who should say so
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
duple meter; duple metre; duple time
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together