poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
to have a talk; to tell a story
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
besides; moreover; in addition
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
reality; actuality; hard fact
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
to be conspicuous; to stand out
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)