at a young age; while still young
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
sense of values; values; value system
the same generation; coeval
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
to laugh away; to laugh off
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
to remember; to keep in mind
grasp; catch; understanding
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to jar; to creak; to grate
to notify; to advise; to inform
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
whitebait; elver (young eel)
summer term (e.g. school); summer period
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
uniforms supplied to employees; an allotment
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
body; physique; build; stature
fragile article; breakables; broken article
hello; good day; good afternoon
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
in a sense; in some way; to an extent