to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
discipline; training; teaching manners
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
to thrust down; to push off
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles