several years; a few years
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to watch over; to watch attentively
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
just because; even if; even though
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
trivial; not amounting to much
happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in a family
bento; Japanese box lunch
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
had better ...; had better not ...
weather forecast; weather report
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
I appreciate your efforts
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
to make trouble; to break down; to be out of order
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit