year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
job hunting; job searching
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
wedding ring; wedding band
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)