superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
meaning; significance; sense
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
mature woman; middle-aged woman
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
... years old; age (of) ...
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
of tender years; very young
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
leaflet; flyer; scattering; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant); foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
is that so?; I see; right; oh
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to build a nest; to nest; to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault