so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see ...
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
please (give me); please (do for me)
instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
such; like that; that sort of
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
one revolution; one rotation
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
extremely fast; in a flash; too quick for the eye to catch
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
kanreki; one's 60th birthday (or 61st in the traditional age reckoning system) when one has lived through a full sexagenary cycle
near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
should not be; must not be
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to approach; to draw near