materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to ask a question; to ask questions
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
as a child; when one was a child
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
another's parent; another's parents
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
system; institution; organization; organisation
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to blaze; to burn brightly
without leaving any trace
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
memories; recollections; reminiscence
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
donor; contributor; provider
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins