important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
(animal) feed tray; feed trough; feed box; feed bowl; bait box (e.g. for fishing)
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
practicality; utility; usefulness
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
course; route; path; process; means
to lie down; to throw oneself down
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
annual tree ring; growth ring; experience in life
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
no!; no no!; no, not at all
oldest; most advanced age
stout; well-fleshed; well-built; well-padded; plump
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
manner of using one's hands
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
safety department; security department
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
will not do; do not; does not
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty