hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic; luxuriant (of vegetation)
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
time; hour; period; class
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
guarantee; security; assurance; warranty
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
several hundred; hundreds (of)
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
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)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to be found; to be discovered
how; in what way; by what means
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
only; merely; but; no more than