child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to talk; to chat; to chatter
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
existence; possession; having; limited company
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
inari and maki sushi served together
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
genius; prodigy; natural gift
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
father; dad; husband; you; he
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
at that time; in those days
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
postwar period; period after Second World War
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
two persons; two people; pair; couple
hope; white hope; person of promise
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to pass away; to join the majority; (lit.) to enter the death register
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement