to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
function; facility; faculty; feature
individual; private person; personal; private
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)
to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
gossip; corner of the mouth
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
inside one's heart; in one's mind
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
period of youth; while young
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
accurate; correct; precise; exact
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to make trouble; to rock the boat; to make waves; to aggravate a situation
impossible; unlikely; improbable
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
savior; saviour; rescuer; the Savior; the Saviour
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
nameless; anonymous; without name
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)