to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
marriage proposal; marriage talks
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
basis for decision; evidence for judging
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
good match; suitable candidate (for marriage); good opportunity to be saved by Buddha
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to become related (through marriage, adoption, etc.); to form a connection (with Buddha)
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system); Brazil
border (between countries); national border
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
weak and small; inferior in strength and size; minor; young; youthful
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
business conditions; trade conditions; financial situation
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
such; like that; that sort of
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright