present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
office and rank; an official rank
price; cost; value; worth; value
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
brilliant; bright; glorious
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
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)
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to give vent to (one's feeling); to hint (at something); to intimate; to suggest
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
every year; yearly; annually
greeting; a fine thing to say
three; three years of age
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
unintentionally; calmly; inadvertently; innocently
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
honest person; person of integrity; straight shooter