effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
reason; cause; circumstances
sudden impulse; passing fancy
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
suited figure; person in a suit
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
story; tale; talk; discussion
foreign (product, esp. agricultural); of foreign manufacture
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
to talk; to chat; to chatter
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy