strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
while; during; while; although; all; both
really; truly; indeed; good grief
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
solitude; loneliness; isolation
is something that; is that which
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
form; shape; figure; visage
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
scrutiny; digging into; excavation; inquiry into; enquiry into; prying
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
in good health; alive and well; going strong
already; now; no longer; not any more
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew