mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
scene; spectacle; sight; view
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
greeting; a fine thing to say
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to pierce; to penetrate; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); to feel keenly; to make a deep impression
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
difficult to ...; hard to ...
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
mental; spiritual; emotional
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
that is to say; so that means
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
no!; no no!; no, not at all
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
everybody's friend; people pleaser; person who is affable to everybody; flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
indicate reason; infers some protest
tonkatsu sauce; sauce made from ketchup, Worcester, soy, mirin, mustard, etc.
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate