to rain incessantly; to downpour
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
surrounding at a distance
family; relatives; dependents; household
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
difficult to ...; hard to ...
traditional; customary; conventional
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough
to get hungry; to become hungry
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
to mix (e.g. water with flour); to dissolve (salt in water, paint, etc.); to scramble (eggs); to stir; to melt; to liquefy
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; poor-looking
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
(countless) stars in the night sky; stardust
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)