circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
movements; manner; behaviour; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
self-consciousness; self-awareness
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to become better; to improve
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
environment; circumstance
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
from the beginning; from scratch
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to watch over; to watch attentively
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
complete; whole; perfect; safe
to wipe the slate clean; to start anew
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
tradition; legend; folklore
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
is something that; is that which
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little