year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
cooperation; collaboration
to be surprised; to be astonished
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
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)
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
not caring; not giving a damn
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
disliking; having an antipathy to
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
woman; female; feminine gender
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
neighbourhood; neighborhood
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
noted product; local specialty
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
to be conspicuous; to stand out
external wound; (physical) trauma