children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
piece; fragment; one (object)
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
as (for); for; in the capacity of
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
than; from; out of; except; but; more
number one; first; best; most; game; round
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to apologize; to apologise
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
Bungei Shunju (publisher); Bungei Shunju (magazine)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
duty; obligation; responsibility
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
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
quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
village; hamlet; countryside; country
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain