year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; observer; trading session (at an exchange)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
coincident with; while; simultaneously
scale; scope; plan; structure
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
if it is the case that ...
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
frequency; rate of occurrence
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
100,000; hundred thousand
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
difference; variation; difference
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
situation where alcohol is being served; (over) a drink