confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
process; course; mechanism
to have a talk; to tell a story
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to collect; to assemble; to gather
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to wish someone good luck; to wish someone success
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
not; nonexistent; not being (there)
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
lately; recently; nowadays
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
speech; expression; wording; language
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
everybody; every last one of them; all
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly