somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
trusted (friend); close (relationship)
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
such; like that; that sort of
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
nothing but; except; no more than
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
thereupon; therefore; because of that
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
elder sister; older female friend
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
right (to do something); authority; power
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
one-on-one fighting sport (without weapons); combat sport; martial art
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...