treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
for example; for instance; e.g.
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
the other day; a few days ago
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
marriage proposal; courtship
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
sense of values; values; value system
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to be (too) late getting married; to be (too) late going somewhere
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)