although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
true character; real nature
unrequited love; one-sided love
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
confections; sweets; candy; cake
pair (esp. of mated animals); brace; couple; (anatomical) joint
variation in color (colour); having a different color
counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face
Habutae mochi; mochi smooth and white like habutae silk
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
secret; private; surreptitious
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
stealthily; secretly; in secret
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
female friend; woman friend
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry