increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
don't you think?; indicates question
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to order; to command; to appoint
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
descendant; posterity; offspring
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
control; management (e.g. of a business)
direct descent; direct line
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
several years; a few years
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)