21. Like

(Source: Yami no Matsuei #8)

Ani no you ni, ane no you ni, soshite toki ni wa otouto ya imouto no you ni. Ore ga mukashi erarenakatta mono o... "Kazoku" to iu mono o ataete kureta...

Like an older brother, like an older sister, and sometimes like a younger brother and sister. What I couldn't have long ago... The thing that is "family," he gave to me.

See "26. b. Mono"

See "12. g. Iu koto"

See "17. c. Kureru"


22. -toshite

(Source: Kaikan Phrase #6)

Imouto-toshite yasashiku sareru yori tsuma-toshite ai saretai.

Rather than being treated gently like a sister, I want to be loved as a wife.


23. Tokoro

(Source: Toraware no Mi no Ue #1)

...Suzuka wa shitsukoi-hodo ore no "jiyuu" ni kodawaru. Sou yatte hito no shimpai-bakari suru n'da... Aitsu no sou iu tokoro ni ore wa sukuwareteru. Dakara koso, geboku de mo ii. Tada soba ni...

Suzuka is so fixated on my "freedom" she's almost annoyingly persistent. She worries about other people (to the exclusion of herself) that way... I'm really helped by that point about her. Exactly because of that, being a servant is okay. As long as I'm with her...

See "4. d. -bakari"

See "12. e. No contraction"

See "12. g. Iu koto"

See "18. e. Iru"

See "19. -te mo ii"


24. Doubled words

(Source: Yuu Yuu Hakusho #7)

Barabara ni kougeki shite mo dame da!

(Even) attacking separately is no use!

See "19. -te mo ii"


25. Ki phrases

(Source: Hako Meikyuu: Kyou & Ippei Series #18)

Demo, kokoro ga kirei da. Yasashii koto ippai oshiete moratta ki ga suru.

But his heart is beautiful. I have the feeling he's taught me lots of kind things.

See "17. e. Morau"