lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
dry riverbed; river beach
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
in line with this; therefore
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
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
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
naivete; simplicity; innocence
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
another method; another problem
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
one by one; one after another; successively
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
to spread; to be propagated
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to mark the end; to spell the end
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
first generation; founder