(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
solitude; loneliness; isolation
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
relation; relative; kind; cordial
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
to cease; to stop; to be over
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
curses come home to roost; (lit.) if you curse someone, dig two graves
in the end; at the end of the day
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
defense; defence; protection
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
older sister; elder sister
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
that is to say; so that means
about; concerning; related to; -ish
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead