spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to play a central role; to take a leading part
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
appreciation of the yen; strong yen
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
event; phenomenon; matter
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
word one must not say (in a particular situation, place, etc.); taboo word; banned word; forbidden word; prohibited word
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
continual change; vicissitudes; transmigration; metempsychosis
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
condition; state (of health); appearance
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
direct connection; direct link
to be worried; to be troubled
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)