friend;  ally;  supporter;  taking sides with;  supporting;  standing by
 to believe;  to believe in;  to place trust in;  to confide in;  to have faith in
 to think;  to consider;  to think (of doing);  to plan (to do);  to judge;  to assess;  to imagine
 lie;  fib;  mistake;  error;  unwise move;  bad decision
 anxiety;  uneasiness;  worry;  apprehension;  fear;  insecurity
 use;  utilization;  utilisation;  application
 to chase;  to run after;  to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.);  to drive out;  to get rid of;  to drive (e.g. a herd)
 to say;  to utter;  to name;  to call;  to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping");  to make a noise
 smallness;  small item;  short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days);  elementary school;  smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name);  inferior;  younger (of two people with the same name)
 to return;  to come home;  to leave;  to get home;  to get to home plate
 should;  must;  -able;  probably;  likely
 fortune-telling;  divination
 things like;  something like;  someone like;  such a thing as;  (the fact) that;  to think that
 no matter what it takes;  by any means necessary;  at all costs;  by hook or by crook
 by myself;  in person;  by oneself
 truth;  reality;  truly;  really;  absolute truth
 to ascertain;  to check;  to make sure
 to go;  to move (in a direction or towards a specific location);  to proceed;  to take place;  to pass through;  to come and go;  to walk
 smooth;  flat;  featureless;  uneventful;  noppera-bō;  mythical being with flat featureless face
 pole;  rod;  line;  dash;  spoken monotonously
 to kill;  to slay;  to suppress;  to block;  to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.);  to hold back
 gold nugget;  gold bullion;  gold bar;  gold ingot
 to snatch away;  to dispossess;  to steal
 like;  similar to;  (I) think (that);  (I) have a feeling (that);  feels like;  feels similar to
 person;  someone;  human beings;  mankind;  human (Homo sapiens);  (other) people;  others
 is not;  am not;  are not;  isn't it?
 for the first time;  only after ... is it ...;  only when ... do you ...;  first time;  (one's) first
 Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
 only;  merely;  approximately;  about;  just (finished, etc.);  as if to;  (as though) about to
 Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
 boiled and half-dried bonito
 same;  identical;  equal;  anyway;  anyhow;  in either case
 deep;  profound;  dense;  thick;  close (relationship);  intense;  strong
 blue;  azure;  green;  pale;  gray;  unripe
 eye;  eyeball;  eyesight;  sight;  look;  stare;  notice
 to give birth;  to bear (child);  to lay (eggs);  to produce;  to yield;  to give rise to
 to;  for;  in order to;  for;  as for;  regarding
 imperial government;  imperialism;  monarchical rule