it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to have a talk; to tell a story
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
fresh verdure; new green leaves
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
recuperation; medical treatment
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
why; how; for what reason
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
rather; better; instead; if anything
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside