to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
ill-bred; poorly brought up
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
well-bred; of good upbringing
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
(some) more; even more; longer; further
literature; books (reference); document
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
throughout; all through; right through
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
sense of values; values; value system
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
one's family (home) background (environment)
villain; baddie; the villain's part
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
story; tale; talk; discussion
to have the privilege of doing
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such