as a child; when one was a child; childhood
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
preference; priority; precedence
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
to watch over; to watch attentively
to stare back at; to look back at
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to join together; to combine; to join up
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
same; similar; (just) like; equal
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point