sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
summer vacation; summer holiday
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
study; pursuit of knowledge
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
while; even though; despite
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
in the meanwhile; during the time
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
inside (a refrigerator, warehouse, etc.)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
labor; labour; manpower; working force
earnings from a part-time job
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
how; in what way; how about
serious; not joking; straight
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
schedule; program; programme; agenda
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)