to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to order; to command; to appoint
care; precaution; guarding; caution
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
you guys; buddies; pals; you lot
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
to find out; to discover; to locate
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
several years; a few years
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
one's house; one's home; one's family
sentiment; sentimentality
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to