to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
great many; ever so many; any number; as few or as many (as you like); whether large or small
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to get on aboard; to join a ship
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (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)
Falkland; Falkland (islands)
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
kitchen; financial situation
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
staying the night; lodging (at)
March; third month of the lunar calendar
one's person; around one's person
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension