to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
corridor; hallway; passageway
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
suffix for familiar person
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
history of; experience of
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
popular person; favorite; favourite
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
while; even though; despite
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
man; male; masculine gender
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary