one's later years; final years (in life)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
relatively; comparatively
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
since when; from when; how long
to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
silver wedding (anniversary)
to need; to call for; to require
loveable; very likeable; like very much
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
long ago; already; a long time ago
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to be kind to; to treat kindly
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)