firmly; plentifully; with all one's might
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
but; however; even though; even if
Japanese person; Japanese people
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
to say no more; to sink into silence
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
papier mâché; something that looks good superficially
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
in the same way as; just like
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to backfire; to have a harmful result
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
gambling addiction; compulsive gambling
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
bet; wager; stake; gamble