mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
will not do; do not; does not
serious look (on one's face); straight face
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
regret; repentance; remorse
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
and yet; despite (all) that
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
one day; (on) a certain day
by means of; due to; because of; according to
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
festival; feast; carnival
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
the way back; the way home; return trip
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to pick up; to find; to gather
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
charming; fascinating; voluptuous