by means of; due to; because of; according to
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
how; in what way; how about
in that way; thus; so; so?
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to feel; to sense; to experience
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
the other day; lately; recently
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence