to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
to like; to love; to be fond of
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
and; thereupon; because of that
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
difficult to ...; hard to ...
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
postwar period; period after Second World War