question; inquiry; enquiry
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
two times; twice; two degrees
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
future (usually near); prospects
almost; roughly; approximately
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to talk on and on; to talk one's head off
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
siblings; brothers and sisters
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
artificial feeding; accustoming wild animals to eating food given by humans
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
to watch over; to watch attentively
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.