severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
regret; repentance; remorse
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
woman; female; feminine gender
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
and; thereupon; because of that
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
boy; son; baby boy; young man
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
older brother; elder brother