time; age; chance; moment; occasion
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
in the future; another day; later
kind; sort; species; species
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); Tōkaidō (under the ritsuryō system; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan)
to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
yearned for; longed for; missed
estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
soft; weak; fragile; poorly built; insubstantial
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
thoughtfulness; diversion; recreation
cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
chronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint; bad habit; intractable habit
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
strange incident; unusual occurrence; rare event; grave (and unexpected) incident; serious event; accident
ardent; passionate; vehement
rich person; millionaire; magnate; big spender; debauchee
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure; playing card suit (in karuta)
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction