military family; warrior class
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
being all smiles with joy
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
competent; suitable; qualified
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
light blue; pale blue; aqua
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
at least; at most; (even) just
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to machine; to cut; to scrape
to lean against; to set against
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
drama; play; powerful drug
to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life