tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
town girl; girl raised in a town
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
I told you so; you see that?
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
lately; recently; nowadays
to check; to stop; to keep back
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
infancy; childhood; tender age
(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
complete lie; outright lie
something like ...; something called ...
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
to not believe one's ears
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
shyness; bashfulness; shame
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight
bolt from the blue; great surprise
discipline; training; teaching manners
to do over; to remake; to resume
don't talk nonsense; (lit.) sleep talk after you go to sleep
base rock; country rock; gangue; host rock; mother rock; parent rock
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem