reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
good feeling; feeling good
personification; impersonation; embodiment
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
steering; piloting; flying; management; handling; control
the place for; the time for; the level of
to indicate; to show; to point to
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise
several people; a few people
rough (behaviour, temperament, etc.); wild; rude; violent
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
family a woman has married into
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to look around; to survey
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
middle of the night; dead of night
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
corridor; hallway; passageway
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
to start working; to take action
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to cry and shout; to scream
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result