enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
together; at the same time; same; identical
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to scatter a room (with things); to leave a room a mess; to leave things lying about
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
study; diligence; discount; reduction
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
father; dad; husband; you; he
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
go on!; right!; here goes!
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid