heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
though; notwithstanding; although
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
before and after; earlier and later; order; occurring almost simultaneously; inversion (of order)
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
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 tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
conventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry; phraseology; diction; rules of grammar and syntax when reading kanbun in Japanese
parallel marker; particle used to list items (e.g. "to", "ya", "yara")
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
million times; praying a million times
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
postwar period; period after Second World War
pre-war days; before the war
while; during (the time when)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
difference; discrepancy; variation
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to correct oneself; to restate
and (also); both ... and; as well as
to brighten; to grow light
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)