courtesy call; courtesy visit
decorum; propriety; politeness
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
personal; individual; private
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to jar; to creak; to grate
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
here and there; in places
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
with no effort at all; easily
to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
to die out; to become extinct
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to trample; to crush underfoot
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger