cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
in this way; thus; such; uh...
reality; actuality; hard fact
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
orphan; person without friends
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
though; notwithstanding; although
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
infancy; childhood; tender age
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; one-year period
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
dream for the future; hopes for the future
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
near oneself; close to one; familiar
(your) daughter; young woman
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
template; run of the mill; formulaic
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to recover consciousness; to come to
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
sleeping together in a huddle
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
originally; by nature; from the start
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)