street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
discovery; detection; finding
chapter one; first chapter
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters
if you think about it; come to think of it
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
flag; boolean value; something that foreshadows a future event or outcome (in a film, novel, etc.)
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to ask; to enquire; to query
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
novel; story; (work of) fiction
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
strength; power; proficiency; ability
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
worthy of special mention
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
calm; composed; cool; quiet
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...