aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
that is to say; so that means
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
to look away; to turn away
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
until now; so far; up to the present
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
neighbourhood; neighborhood
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten