to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
dictionary of seasonal words (for haiku and haikai)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
instead; but (on the other hand)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
breath; breathing; tone; mood
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
heart; guts; nerve; central part
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to find out; to discover; to locate