how long; how far; how much
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
several years; a few years
one's house; one's home; one's family
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
payment of debts; repayment
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
residing; living; dwelling
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
the first and second; a few
liquid; liquid hair product
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to follow another's example
female high-school student
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
special; particular; peculiar; unique
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
single edge (e.g. sword blade)
double-edged; double-edged blade