to shake; to sway; to waver
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
innocent; cherubic; childlike
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to hide; to keep to oneself
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
very young; little; childish; immature
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain