the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
ago; since; before; previous
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
family; relatives; dependents; household
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
nothing but; none other than
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
but; however; provided that
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
meaning; significance; sense
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum); simplestem bur-reed
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
payment to the government
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
parental love or affection
something small; something petty; trifle
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine