favorite; favourite; habitually used
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to subsist; to keep on living
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to lose heart; to become discouraged; to be crestfallen; to be utterly disheartened
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
here and there; in places
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
inspection; examination; survey
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
with a start; with a jump
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor