year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to be needed; to be wanted
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
three times; thrice; third (musical interval)
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
business trip; official trip
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
hospitalization; hospitalisation
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to keep a watchful eye on
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
knowing; (an) acquaintance
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago