friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
justice; fairness; impartiality
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
dissent; disagreement; disapproval; objection; refusal
to rise up; to initiate (political) action
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
wealthy individual; person of wealth
to gain fame; to make one's name
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
in terms of; from the point of view of
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
iron (for pressing clothes); hair iron; hair tong; curling tong
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)