to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
as if it weren't already enough
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
floral decoration; floral ornament
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife); younger stepsister; younger adopted sister; non-blood-related younger sister
bhava (becoming, existence)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
the scruff or nape of the neck
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
several years; a few years
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
difference; variation; difference
matter of time; question of time
one's last resort; trump card; treasured family sword
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
right beside; close to; nearby
to rush over; to run up to
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour