(political) power; authority; influence
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
holding a ceremony; wedding ceremony
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to have a talk; to tell a story
don't you think?; indicates question
to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
looking on; remaining a spectator
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
to turn towards; to point
hostility; animosity; enmity
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to read the situation; to sense the mood
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk