cooperation; collaboration; help; support
one's younger days; when one was young
tone (of voice); manner of talking
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
mode (e.g. of a machine); setting; state (of mind); mode (e.g. work mode, study mode); mode; mode
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
meaning; significance; sense
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
home area; home town; local
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; noob; weak player
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
hunting; oscillatory behavior of a non-converging feedback loop (behaviour); hunting cap
memory; sense; experience
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only