young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
training; drill; practice; discipline
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
as a child; when one was a child
last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
woman; female; feminine gender
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
of no interest; not interested
no!; no no!; no, not at all
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
and; thereupon; because of that
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
traveling bag; travelling bag; suitcase