admirably; exquisitely; aptly
pointing out; identification
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
incident; affair; happening; event
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
very; much; greatly; a lot of
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
many; a lot; much; multitude
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
maintenance; preservation; improvement
originally; by nature; from the start
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family