recuperation; medical treatment
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
stirring; rousing oneself
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
please; somehow or other; one way or another
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
to face; to go towards; to head towards
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
proposal; offer; request; application
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging