loveable; very likeable; like very much
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
life and death; life or death
story of one's experiences
significant; full of meaning; pregnant (with meaning); suggestive
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
time; hour; season; time of the year
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
restoration; repair; mending
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
to be worried; to be troubled
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to knock down; to utterly defeat
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
after that; afterwards; thereafter
by sheer strength; by brute force
boastful talk about one's love life; speaking fondly about one's sweetheart; going on about one's love affairs
to get into the swing of (one's work); to hit one's stride; (for a fish or bird) to put on fat for the winter
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)