year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
singing, dancing and music; (public) entertainment; performing arts
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
prayer (for something); supplication
coastal region; coastal area; coastline
shaman; oracle; diviner; medium
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
Chinese scholar-bureaucrat; Chinese scholar-official
personal (employee); employed; retained
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
judge; magistrate; (arch.) 3rd grade official (ritsuryo system); (arch.) assistant district officer; (arch.) inspector
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
each; (arch.) you (plural)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to jar; to creak; to grate
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
mid-air; mid-heaven; zenith
every month; monthly; month by month
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce