there is no way that ...; easy; simple
extensive knowledge; erudition; learned; erudite; well-informed
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
story; tale; talk; discussion
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
door; gate; opening; title page
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
(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)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
secret; private; surreptitious
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
it's been a long time; long time no see
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
retiring from military service
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
suffix for familiar person
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
how; in what way; how about; questionable
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
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing