rather; better; instead; if anything
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
view; opinion; finding; findings
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
very young; little; childish; immature
quickly; calmly; intently
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
reminiscences; talking about old times
talk; conversation; dialogue
being apt to; being liable to; being inclined to
incident; affair; happening; event
eldest child; oldest child; child who carries on the family name; (arch.) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (arch.) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period)
beyond this point; from now on; after this
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
image; figure; figure; form; image
thereupon; shortly thereafter
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
novel; new; unfamiliar; hear for the first time
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to find useful; to think highly of
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
almost every day; almost daily
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
copybook printed from the works of old masters of calligraphy