writing implement; writing tool
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
manners; courtesy; etiquette
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
good family; better-class home
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
(your) daughter; young woman
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
being in love with each other
series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
to state; to express; to mention
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street