to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
weakening; emaciation; decline
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
occurrence; happening; incident; event
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
fast-talking; rapid talking
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
to ask (about); to inquire; to enquire; to question; to make sure of
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
older sister; elder sister
name; given name; first name
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
chief; main; principal; important
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
honorific/polite/humble prefix
as one had hoped; as one wishes