to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
how many years; how long; what year
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to keep away; to keep at a distance
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to faint; to be exhausted
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon