magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
to begin talking; to open up
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
ten; 10; ten years of age
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to top up (drinks, water, rice, etc.); to replenish
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
animal passions; carnal desire; lust
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
at that time; in those days
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature