assistance; backing; reinforcements
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected
everyday life; daily life
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
just the other day; quite recently
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
generation; the world; the age
successive jobs; consecutive jobs
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
woman who is not traditionally beautiful yet somehow very attractive; woman with an aura of beauty
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
movements; behavior; behaviour; bearing; deportment; manners
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to look stupid; to have a critical lack
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
distrust; unjust suspicion
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
heap; pile; stack; full measure