year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
father; dad; husband; you; he
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
accurate; correct; precise; exact
how long; how far; how much
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
epistolary style (of Japanese literature)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
unqualified; without qualifications
fixed date; settlement date
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes
to summon; to get used to call
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)