cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
woman; female; feminine gender
rapid development; rapid unfolding
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
single word; a few words; brief comment
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
name; given name; first name
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)