first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
living by oneself; living alone
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
principal occupation; core business
author; writer; novelist; artist
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
originally; by nature; from the start
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
long time; long interval; for quite some time
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
older brother; elder brother
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
close; intimate; on good terms
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.; to interrupt
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently