wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
senior high school; high school
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
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 start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
memories; recollections; reminiscence
all; entire; whole; altogether
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to dye; to colour; to color
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and