life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
self-determination; suicide
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
bet; wager; stake; gamble
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to say; to tell; to state; to do
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
directly; in person; firsthand
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course