regarding highly; attaching importance to
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
speech and conduct; words and deeds
observation; survey; watching
small; fine; detailed; stingy
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
rather; better; instead; if anything
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
our country; our land; one's own country
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
curse; spell; malediction
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
please; somehow or other; one way or another
twice; again; second time
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to appease; to suppress; to calm
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
death penalty; capital punishment
to look down on; to make light of
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to squeeze out; to wring out
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
genuine article; real thing; real deal
at that time; in those days