to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
opening a business; opening a practice
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
at that time; in those days
establishment; foundation
a few years ago; some years back
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
have a good day; take care; see you
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
since when; from when; how long
no, not like that (but like this)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
desperately; for one's dear life
feeling; sense; impression
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)