to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
book; volume; this; present; main; head
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
absence; disregard; indifference
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
two persons; two people; pair; couple
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
curiosity; inquisitiveness
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming