eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
long (time that has passed); old (story)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
baton (of command); order; command; direction
bowing twice; worshipping again; Yours sincerely; Yours truly; Sincerely yours
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
scene; spectacle; sight; view
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
stylish; smart; elegant; chic; refined; trim
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
so; like this; in this way
pleasure; delight; enjoyment
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
bamboo stem (of a Japanese pipe)
(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey