to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
if it is the case that ...
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
proposal; offer; request; application
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
it is I who should say so
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
of course; certainly; naturally
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to look forward to something
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to smile (at); to grin (at)
the same generation; coeval
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
almost; roughly; approximately
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to have a talk; to tell a story
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
fifth day of the month; five days