knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
story; tale; talk; discussion
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
newspaper reporter; print journalist
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
dram (unit of weight); drachm
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to teach; to take a teaching job
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
educator; teacher; educationalist
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
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)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
grandfather; male senior-citizen
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
river; stream; River; the ... river
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune