youthful; young; young-looking
start; beginning; first step; clue
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
second-hand shop; curio shop
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
goods piled beneath; lower layer; lowest social strata; bottom (of the ladder); low rank
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
cheap article; poor quality article
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal
favoritism; favouritism; discrimination
enhancement (e.g. of national prestige); raising; heightening; promotion
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
Tokyo Imperial Household Museum
reconstruction; rebuilding
nowadays; in this day and age
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
sooner or later; in time; eventually