judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
natural disaster; cataclysm
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to fight against; to oppose; to face
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
speech; expression; wording; language
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
real hair; one's own hair
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
sillago (any fish of genus Sillago, esp. the Japanese whiting, Sillago japonica)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do