year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
every year; yearly; annually
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
unexpectedly; suddenly; abruptly
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
honorific/polite/humble prefix
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
large triple gate to temple
shallow river; shallows; flatboat; river boat
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
story; tale; talk; discussion
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
grandfather; male senior-citizen
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that