trouble; quarrel; dispute
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
article; news story; report; account
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
originally; by nature; from the start
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
every person; each one; everybody
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
displeasure; ill humour; ill humor; pique
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
(two-page) spread; two pages opposite each other
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still