bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
opposite side; other side
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to live in hiding; to live as a recluse
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
as you see; as you can see
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
deviation; departure; omission
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
complementation; supplementation; completion
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
clearing one's throat; cough
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
last night; yesterday evening
to become enthusiastic; to have a crush (on); to lose one's head (to); to become earnest
calamity; misfortune; disaster