(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
ahead; before; the future
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to accumulate merit; to make merit
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
last spurt; final spurt; home stretch
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
minitruck; light truck; small truck; light pickup
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku); 1st of August (lunar calendar)
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
one shō bottle (1.8 litres)
book; volume; this; present; main; head