to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
most difficult; next to impossible
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to become fully formed; to take proper shape
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
guess; speculation; supposition
guess; conjecture; supposition; inference
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
experiment; experimentation
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial
present time; now; nowadays
our country; our land; one's own country
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
all; wholly; entirely; without exception
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
family of samurai lineage; person with samurai ancestors; shizoku; the second of three official classes in Japan in 1869-1947, consisting of former samurai
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
life; living; I; me; student
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold