to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
clear and beautiful (of a woman's voice)
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
wet nurse; nursing mother
commencing with; including
bringing up; rearing; upbringing
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
results; record; grades; marks
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment
bad boy; naughty child; brat
time; season; period; phase; stage
clever; bright; smart; intelligent
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
process; course; mechanism
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
else; in addition; besides
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
just one person; only one