growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
in succession; one by one
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
to waste time; to kill time
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
to get angry; to get mad; to be angular; to be square
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
technique; art; skill; move
from the viewpoint of; according to
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)