consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
before the gate; in front of the gate
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to like; to love; to be fond of
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
the front; honest; upright; decent
talk; story; conversation
Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
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 take action; to act; to rise (up); to rouse oneself
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
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