other than; excluding; without
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
almost every day; almost daily
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
not busy; unengaged; being free; leisure
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
ornament representing the Isle of Eternal Youth
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)
double-width cloth; woman's underskirt
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
with these words; while saying
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to be transparent; to show through
lock of hair (on the side of the head)
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
look like; sound like; savor of; smack of
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
longed-for; anxiously awaited
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
damp; wet; soaked; humid; clammy
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
cut; clip; shear; reap; trim; prune
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)