one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
to wander; to roam from place to place
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
the public; the world; rivers and lakes; (arch.) secluded place; (arch.) hermit's residence
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
touring (of a theatrical company, entertainer, etc.); being on the road; road show; local hoodlum
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
one's background; one's history; one's circumstances; one's merit; asset; strong point
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for fish, shrimp, etc.
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
pickling in salt; food preserved in salt; holding on to (shares, land, etc.) for an extended period until its value increases; leaving unsold; leaving unused
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
counter for birds or rabbits
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
sake jar; jar containing alcohol
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge
to be formal; to be ceremonious; to stand on ceremony
objection; dissent; protest
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
party; set; gang; company; person
to forget completely; to leave behind
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
wording; phraseology; diction