older person with more life experience
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
food with dressing on it (e.g. salad)
neat and clean; tidy; trim
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
company; corporation; workplace
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
steady; sound; reliable; solid
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
supporting role (actor); minor role
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
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)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
some people; a few people; several people
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
all you want; as much as one wants
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
just a minute; small quantity
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage; cut drink; diluted drink; watered-down drink
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
merry voices (e.g. of children playing)
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
itch; pruritus; amyctic; pruritic; itchy
chopping board; cutting board
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love