trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to prevent; to take precautions
self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
difficult to ...; hard to ...
family; members of a family
to subsist; to keep on living
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
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
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
pregnancy; conception; gestation
settlement; solution; resolution
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to be needed; to be wanted