strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
living thing; living creature; animal; life
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
if you think about it; come to think of it
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
little by little; bit by bit
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
thawing of snow; thaw; thaw (in relations)
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
in three days' time; two days after tomorrow
Golden Week; string of public holidays in late April-early May
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity