contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
whispering into a person's ear
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
senior pupil (of the same master); senior disciple; senior student; senior member
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
in history; ever; historical
to pass away; to join the majority; (lit.) to enter the death register
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
two classes; double; two sets
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
rank-deciding competitions (e.g. in go or shogi)
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to be silent; to say nothing
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects