conviction; belief; confidence
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
longing; great desire; aspiration
store interior; inside of a shop
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
difficult to ...; hard to ...
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
food and drink; eating and drinking
street; quarter; district; area
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
business; trade; operations; sales
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic