from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
young person; inexperienced person; novice
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
such; this sort of; like this
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
storeroom (attached to a house); Imperial warehouse
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
business rival; professional jealousy
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to have a terrible time; to have a hard time
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death