near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
New Year's Eve; December 31
great purification; purification rite performed twice a year, before daijōsai and after major disasters
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
schedule; program; programme; agenda
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
Minister of the Imperial Household
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
now; the present time; just now; another; more
Shangdi (creator deity in Chinese folk religion); God
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to be found; to be discovered
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing