(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
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
holding a ceremony; wedding ceremony
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
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 (at); to look furtively (at); to take a peek (at)
about; on; regarding; per; for every
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
looking on; standing by and watching; sitting back and watching; remaining a spectator
a long, long time ago; very long ago
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
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; to read the room
(Japanese) rice cracker; senbei
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; (lightly) scratching (an itch)
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
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 (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary