real thing; original; actual
messy; shabby; scruffy; dirty; squalid; sordid
drinking party; get-together (usu. involving alcoholic drinks)
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
in the background; not standing out
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
being filled with; being full of; permeation
after a long time; for the first time in a while
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
government; administration; ministry
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
people; citizens; subjects; folk
agricultural land; farmland
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
fertile; rich; productive
sales rights; distribution rights; marketing rights
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
order; command; directions; instructions
successive generations; successive emperors
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
hard education; hard training; Spartan education
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings