gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
name of a piece of music; (musical) number; (musical) program; programme; selection (of music)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
please (give me); please (do for me)
singing voice; (sound of) singing
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
systematic; organized; organizational
to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
sense of values; values; value system
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
individual; private person; personal; private
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
difficult to ...; hard to ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
lamé (cloth made from gold or silver thread)
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
iron pipe; steel pipe; metal pipe
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to rub; to scrub; to scrape