marriage proposal; courtship
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
essence; true nature; substance; reality
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
that's the way it is; such is life
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
to have a rumor circulating
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
if you like; if you prefer; if it suits you; if ... doesn't suit you; if you don't like ...; if ... doesn't take your fancy
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
omen (usu. good); (auspicious) sign; first two anniversaries of a person's death
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
already; now; no longer; not any more