to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
to follow another's example
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
loveable; very likeable; like very much
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
possible; likely; probable
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
close; intimate; on good terms
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
assertion; declaration; affirmation