far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
beginning; outset; first; onset
story; tale; talk; discussion
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
memory; sense; experience
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
(your) daughter; young woman
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
how long; how much; to what extent
hard to get; hard to come by
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
at least; at most; (even) just
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
don't you think?; indicates question
please; somehow or other; one way or another