to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
section manager; section chief
alone; by oneself; on one's own
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
story; tale; talk; discussion
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
living alone; solitude; solitary life
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
in this way; thus; such; uh...
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
bid for popularity; publicity stunt
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
of course; certainly; naturally
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine