to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
(your) daughter; young woman
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
innocent; cherubic; childlike
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
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.)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
disclosure; exposure; revelation
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
dignity; grace; nobility; grade; quality; fineness
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
Japan and Britain; Japanese-British; Anglo-Japanese; Japanese-English (translation, interpretation, etc.)
quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life