to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)
hostility; animosity; enmity
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
mental; spiritual; emotional
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to pass (of time); to elapse
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
complete recovery of health
to congratulate; to celebrate
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
tuft of hair under the temple; sideburns; sidelocks
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
tail (of an animal); cauda; tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end; tail (of a comet); slope at the foot of a mountain
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
village headman; village mayor
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
main guest; guest of honor; guest of honour
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
each; (arch.) you (plural)
village office; local administration office in a village
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river