polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
it is I who should say so
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
contradiction; inconsistency
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (lit.) (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame
love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple
children's story; fairy tale
conventional and uninteresting; stereotypical and boring; commonplace; unsociable; unfriendly; cold
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
memory; sense; experience
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
discovery; detection; finding
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
burial clothes; clothes worn to commit suicide
capillary vessel; capillary
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
scroll; rolled book; scarf; muffler; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
correspondence; exchange of letters
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
heartbroken thoughts; heartrending grief; overwhelming sorrow
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
working adult; full-fledged member of society
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
independence; self-reliance
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
difficult to ...; hard to ...