hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
lately; recently; nowadays
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
discarding; firing (an employee)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling; running (of a program)
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
I don't need it; I don't want it
young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to repay double the original amount; to repay x times the original amount
change; metamorphosis; transformation
Yamato (province); Japan; the art of classical Japanese poetry
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to extend from one year to the next; to go to the next year
study of foreign languages; linguistics
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
after a long time; for the first time in a while
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
military authorities; army circles
recommendation; endorsement
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt