reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
in all sincerity; truthfully; honestly
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
name; given name; first name
perception; sensing; noticing
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply