pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
of course; certainly; naturally
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
memory; sense; experience
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
battlefield; battleground
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
bolt from the blue; great surprise
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
the other day; a few days ago
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
samurai; warrior; military family
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
long (time that has passed); old (story)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
thereupon; shortly thereafter