rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
else; in addition; besides
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
rise and fall (of nations); destiny
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
(present) head of a family
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
great person; hero; mastermind; extraordinary person
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
Seabold; Siebold ((Philipp Franz Balthasar von) Siebold, scientific explorer of Japan)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all