unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
very young; little; childish; immature
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to comfort; to console; to amuse
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
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
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
like; similar to; same as
criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
cliche; platitude; formula; set phrase
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently
diagnosis and treatment; medical care
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to pilfer; to filch; to swipe
target group; target persons
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry