loveable;  very likeable;  like very much
 home area;  home town;  local
 use;  adoption;  acceptance;  appointment;  employment;  engagement
 confections;  sweets;  candy;  cake
 to stuff into;  to jam;  to shorten;  to move closer together;  to reduce (spending);  to conserve;  to focus intently on
 magic;  witchcraft;  sorcery;  spell
 begging;  pestering;  pleading;  coaxing
 iDeCo;  individual-type defined contribution pension plan
 for a while;  for some time;  for a period
 to ascend;  to go up;  to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun);  to rise;  to go to (the capital);  to be promoted;  to add up to
 helpless;  forlorn;  hopeless;  unpromising;  lonely;  discouraging
 to span;  to bridge;  to cross;  to straddle
(lit.) blood flows;  to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.);  to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.;  to have something "in one's blood"
 certain;  unmistaken;  evident;  obvious;  beyond doubt
 magician;  wizard;  sorcerer;  witch
 to lie down;  to throw oneself down
 I'm afraid to say;  I'm sorry to say;  unfortunately
 stroke;  cerebral haemorrhage;  cerebral hemorrhage
 as a child;  when one was a child;  childhood
 sky;  the skies;  high-altitude sky;  upper air
 surely;  certainly;  no doubt;  indeed
 to bend;  to crook;  to lean;  to tilt;  to bend (the truth);  to distort
 (apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
 how about ...?;  I wonder;  I don't know
 wife;  your wife;  his wife;  married lady;  madam
 great;  grand;  magnificent;  outstanding;  mighty
 to pull up;  to drag up;  to increase;  to raise (e.g. taxes);  to withdraw;  to leave;  to promote (someone to a higher position)
 concerning;  regarding;  per (e.g. 100 yen per person);  for every
 to follow;  to come along with one;  to accompany
 to live (of humans);  to reside;  to inhabit;  to dwell;  to abide
 one's youth;  early life;  one's early days;  one's early years
 to step back;  to move back;  to withdraw (from the presence of a superior);  to leave;  to resign;  to retire
 town;  block;  street;  road;  109.09 m;  0.99 hectares