to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
grazing; touching lightly; squeezing (someone for money); percentage; kickback
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
fruit knife; paring knife
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
small fraction; small proportion
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features
be (that) as it may; having said that
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to push aside; to brush aside
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
distinction; discrimination
for the first time in one's life
transcendence; excellence; superiority
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
devotion; attachment; infatuation
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
almost every day; almost daily
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
witnessing; observing; sighting
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)