to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
I see; that's right; indeed
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
being left out; being ostracized
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
all present; all concerned; all of us
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented