in this way; thus; such; uh...
really; truly; indeed; good grief
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to lose sight of; to miss
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
Japan's best; number one in Japan
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
beginning; outset; first; onset
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
to lose one's way; to get lost
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
demanding; difficult; strict
Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
suffix for familiar person
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
last night; yesterday evening
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...