year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
newspaper reporter; print journalist
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
just because; even if; even though
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
Cyathea mertensiana (species of tree fern)
Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
all things in nature; the whole creation
criticism; critique; review; commentary
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
number of characters; number of letters
to differ; to vary; to disagree
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to write down; to record; to register
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
how much; how many; what amount; what extent
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say