bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
staff member; station employee; official
in unison; as one; united
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
name; given name; first name
to say; to be called; to do
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
opinion; intention; thought
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
belief that human nature is fundamentally good
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
originally; by nature; from the start
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
because of; owing to; due to
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")