to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
Japanese person; Japanese people
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
with these words; while saying
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to subsist; to keep on living
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
writing; composition; essay; sentence
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
recitation; reciting from memory
will; testament; last request
to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
future (usually near); prospects
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it