from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
only; merely; but; no more than
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
settlement; solution; resolution
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
preface; introduction; preamble
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
incident; affair; happening; event
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
advantage; upside; plus side; positive aspect; benefit
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
income; receipts; revenue
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across