since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
way of speaking; intimation
Momotarō (Japanese folk tale and popular hero)
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
man; male; masculine gender
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
the front; honest; upright; decent
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
(not) even with; (not) even using
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
weird; strange; mysterious
curious; strange; unusual
established practice; custom
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
to do for (the sake of someone else)
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
to hide; to conceal oneself
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to meet up (as arranged); to rendezvous; to get together; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
good bye; I'm off; see you later