skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
future (usually near); prospects
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
marriage proposal; courtship
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
please; somehow or other; one way or another
taking care of oneself (esp. used as an epistolary imperative); self-love
exclusively; (taking) best care
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
Yours sincerely; Yours truly; Sincerely yours
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
letter; missive; note; mail
weird; strange; mysterious
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
genius; prodigy; natural gift
the place for; the time for; the level of
to be too numerous; to be too much
ability; capability; competence; skill
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to well up; to burst; to arise
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; question mark
bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
head house (family); birthplace; originator
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to have a bitter experience
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance