year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
originally; by nature; from the start
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
what's what; heads or tails
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
every month; each month; monthly
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
foreign; abroad; overseas
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
training; drill; practice; discipline
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
confections; sweets; candy; cake
estimate (of costs); budget
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter