this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
how many years; how long; what year
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to subsist; to keep on living
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
The Pillow Book (by Sei Shonagon)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
student (esp. a university student)
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed