social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
menial; meanness; servility; abject
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
beginning; outset; first; onset
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
difficult to ...; hard to ...
environment; circumstance
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
imagination; supposition; guess
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
two persons; two people; pair; couple
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
interior furnishings shop
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently