to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
confidence; trust; faith; credit
outward appearance; looks
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to stop walking; to pause
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
it hasn't been long since
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
such; this sort of; like this
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
more than usual (usu. time)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
something; some kind of; for some reason
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation