to gather; to collect; to assemble
notice; attention; observation
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
winning one's first election; being elected for the first time
great difference; big difference; wide margin
bye-election; by-election
surname; family name; last name
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear
at that time; in those days
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
family; members of a family
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to wash again; to reconsider
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
hospitalization; hospitalisation
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like