year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
such; this sort of; like this
sword battle (staged for television, etc.); sword fight
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
childcare leave; leave taken after the compulsory maternity leave
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
it is I who should say so
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)