to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
hedge; fence; border; limit
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
Japanese person; Japanese people
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
greedy; avaricious; covetous
cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted
to not believe one's ears
good humour (humor); good mood
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
as a child; when one was a child
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
greed; worldly or materialistic desires
sense of smell; olfaction
infancy; childhood; tender age
character building; formation of character; personality development
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
cost of a meal (or meals)
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
big hit; big prize; bumper crop; striking it rich; right on the mark; bonanza
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction