year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
regular customer; valued client
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
fulling block; wooden or stone block for beating cloth
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
maintaining the status quo
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
personal; individual; private
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
surroundings; environs; circumference
to look around; to survey
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
university student; college student
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched