to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
people; men and women; each person; everybody
Europe and the United States; Europe and America; the West
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
(some) more; even more; longer; further
national costume; folk costume; native dress; traditional dress
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
imagination; supposition; guess
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
useless; worthless; silly; trivial
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
... years old; age (of) ...
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
sour look; surly face; pout
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
gown; elegant dress; dressing gown; bathrobe
coat; jacket; outerwear; top; upper-body garment
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to put on (clothing); (lit.) to put (one's arms) through the sleeves