nekomata; fork-tailed cat yōkai; giant beast that inhabits the mountains
to pat (e.g. a dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle; to caress
the very start; the very beginning
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
touch; touching; being involved in; touch (of a painter, pianist, etc.); style (of writing, drawing, etc.); tag
smart; clever; sharp; agile; nimble; quick
sense of orientation; sense of direction
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to fly into a rage; to blow one's top
(someone's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
to leave of one's own accord
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
of tender years; very young
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
this (very thing); this precisely
to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
asking for the moon; asking for the impossible; asking for too much; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
cave; cavern; grotto; dwelling made in a cave; house carved into rock
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
(preliminary) meeting; face-to-face introduction; costarring; appearing together; match-up; pairing
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up