person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
elder sister; effeminate man
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
difficult to ...; hard to ...
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
for some (unspecified) reason
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
in the background; not standing out
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
as a child; when one was a child
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
senior high school; high school
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)