life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to serve; to work for; to attend
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
training; drill; practice; discipline
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
early (days); initial stage; initial
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic