recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
when it becomes; when it comes to
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
to accept; to receive; to agree
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
reasoning; logic; persuasion
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to serve; to work for; to attend
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
at least; at most; (even) just
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
fabric; cloth; textiles; measure of kimono material
to be needed; to be wanted
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy