ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
vacant post; vacancy; post in name only
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
letter; missive; note; mail
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
convenient; handy; useful
one's innermost thoughts (feelings)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
please (give me); please (do for me)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
cross; crossed; cruciform
historic; historical; traditional
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
(some) more; even more; longer; further
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
children's song; nursery rhyme
iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 47 reading cards and 47 picture cards
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank