to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
how; in what way; how about; questionable
don't you think?; indicates question
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
nursery school; day nursery; day care center
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
considerably; greatly; a lot
to be found; to be discovered
how; in what way; how about
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
license; licence; permission; driver's license
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
growth period (in children)
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything
charge for a meal (usu. at school); school lunch fee
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
under the veranda; under the floor; out of sight; in the background; unnoticed
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
in search of; in order to look for