to be elegant; to be graceful; to be refined
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
don't worry about it; forget about it
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
though; notwithstanding; although
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to entrust; to leave to a person
my personal (e.g. opinion)
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
same generation; one's generation
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
imagination; supposition; guess
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
it is not (like that) either
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand