to avoid (physical contact with); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress
bank; weir; embankment; levee
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to shut in; to confine; to contain
drift (of snow, leaves, etc.); hangout for social dropouts
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
difficult to hear; unpleasant to hear
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to remove; to move out of the way
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
deep (of emotions, connections, etc.)
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
exactly as stated; verbatim
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
to rest; to suspend; to give relief