to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
to stop (plug) one's ears
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to run about; to rush about
successively; one after another
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
government service; the bureaucracy
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so