to be intimate with; to befriend
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
funny story; funny anecdote
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
labor; labour; toil; hardship
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
annual (plant); first-year student
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy
sympathy; empathy; response
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
failure story; horror story
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
alone; by oneself; on one's own
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
great love; passionate affair
start of a romance; beginning of love
very interesting; of great interest
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of