senior; veteran; old-timer
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
every year; yearly; annually
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
unexpectedly; surprisingly
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
pair; set of two; pair-oared boat; pair; two of a kind
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
very much; very many; more and more
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
dukedom; duchy; principality
public affair; government matter; duke; prince; Sir; Lord
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
integration (e.g. social); mixing; penetration
natural; intrinsic; from birth
slip-up; mistake; fault; (arch.) waste; (arch.) needless expense
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
body and soul; mind and body
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
skill; proficiency; dexterity; flattery
innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike