person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
popular name; common name; given name
quick-wittedness; having tact; being sensible
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to become keen on; to get passionate about
inn town; post town; post-station town
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
giving someone a ride on one's shoulders; shoulder wheel (judo)
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
each and all; every single one; everybody
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
(in) her way; peculiar to her
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces
no matter how much time passes
to beat to death; to kill
to act lovestruck; to be fawning; to act affectionate
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
rejecting the advances of women is a man's shame; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; (lit.) not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
composed expression; clear face
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
public road; highway; righteousness; justice; right path
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir