continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
to bring; to take; to bring about
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
prayer (for something); supplication
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
people; men and women; each person; everybody
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick