to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
sign; indication; omen; symptom
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
really; truly; indeed; good grief
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
in this way; thus; such; uh...
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
baby girl; primary schoolgirl
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
story; tale; talk; discussion
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely