talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
with a clatter; with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.); bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); cheerfully
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
even if not; even without
to be able to manage somehow or another
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
depression; low spirits; dejection
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
separate; scattered; apart
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
manner of using one's hands
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on