to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
correspondence; exchange of letters
right beside; close to; nearby
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
start of a romance; beginning of love
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
close; intimate; on good terms
to be kind to; to treat kindly
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
to pick up; to find; to gather
having not the slightest idea
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
tall figure; high stature
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side