surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to discuss; to talk together
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
such; like that; that sort of; very
now; the present time; just now; another; more
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
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)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
as a child; when one was a child
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
father; dad; husband; you; he
second marriage; remarriage
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
Nagano (city, prefecture)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence