generation; the world; the age
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
finding employment; getting a job
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
now that you say that; now that you mention it
junior high school student; middle school pupil
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
as (for); for; in the capacity of
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
to check; to stop; to keep back
serious; not joking; straight
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix