to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
to rise; to erect; to get up
(wet) compress; poultice; fomentation
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
remedy for a cold; cold medicine
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
just right; ideal; perfectly suitable; fetch!; bring me ...
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to join together; to combine; to join up
modern convenience; convenience of civilized life; blessings of civilization
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
with a click (door sound); with tenseness or firmness
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to fan; to incite; to instigate
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
third day of the month; three days
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk; to lather
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
not caring; not giving a damn