virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
dear; darling; adorable; precious; cute; lovely
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
it is not (like that) either
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
government office; public office
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
to have a cross to bear; to carry a heavy burden
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
English (language); English
Japanese (people, language, style)
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
thought; consideration; thinking
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
is something that; is that which
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to have the privilege of doing
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh; extremely irritating thing
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)