middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
place; position; location; position; standing; status
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
one's post; place of work; workplace
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
to go past; to pass; to pass by
(another's) daughter; young lady
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
intimacy; affection; familiarity
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
small factory in town; (small) backstreet workshop
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
interior; inside; internal
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
Shōji era (1199.4.27-1201.2.13)
being very busy; busyness
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
hard to reach place; remote place
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to feel chilly; to be afraid; to be frightened; to be nervous
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep