retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to pass (of time); to elapse
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
private affairs; personal matter
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
trouble; bother; annoyance
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence