war situation; progress of a battle
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
honour; honor; glory; privilege
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
help; assistance; service
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
clearing one's throat; cough
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
older sister; elder sister
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
openly and secretly; helping in all ways
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to manage something successfully; to be successful
in good health; alive and well; going strong
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)