head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
trauma (usu. psychological)
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
firmly; solidly; heartily
choices; alternatives; options
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to thrust before; to thrust at
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
with a thump; with a thud; hard (hit, scold, etc.); severely; card marking (on a hanafuda, etc. card); alteration
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
patterns of thinking; train of thought