soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
deformity; distortion; disability; word written at the end of a letter
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to change (with time, the ages, the seasons, etc.); to shift
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
easy to see; easy to read; easy to understand; (arch.) easy to look at; (arch.) attractive
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
admonition; commandment; sila (precept)
government service; official position; civil service
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
north of the capital; northern part of Kyoto
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to proceed with things; to carry out; to do
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)