soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
to comfort; to console; to amuse
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to appease; to suppress; to calm
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
with a friendly grin; smilingly
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
correction; revision; amendment
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
such; this sort of; like this
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to talk; to chat; to chatter
loveable; very likeable; like very much
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
event; phenomenon; matter
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress