let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
until now; so far; up to the present
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
one more time; once more; once again
to burst (open); to break; to split
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
worthy of special mention
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
sense of caution; wariness
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
unselfishness; wanting little