-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
now; the present time; just now; another; more
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
feeling; sense; impression
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
such; like that; that sort of
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to be worried; to be troubled
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
freshwater goby (any fish of genus Rhinogobius); dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); Gymnogobius urotaenia (species of goby); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
suffix for familiar person
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?