lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
lately; recently; nowadays
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
(medical) doctor; physician
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to come to an end; to close the curtain
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
manly; masculine; like a man
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to go out and away; to leave
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
servant; manservant; menial
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to name; to call; to christen; to term
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to say; to be called; to do
one's own child; one's own children
to be found; to be discovered
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
remembrance; recollection; recognition
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude