year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to subsist; to keep on living
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
aggravated breach of trust
three parts; three copies
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
business office; place of business
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
discipline; punishment; reprimand
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
bento; Japanese box lunch
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
reduction; diminution; abatement
close; intimate; on good terms
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation