investment; contribution; financing
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
affected (appearance, attitude); stuck up; pompous; self-loving
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
ago; since; before; previous
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
sweet voice; seductive voice
manly; masculine; like a man
to melt (steel, etc.); to liquefy; to soften; to melt (one's heart); to disarm
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
while moving; on the move
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
suffix for familiar person
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
sympathy; compassion; pity
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to