big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
now; the present time; just now; another; more
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
woman; female; feminine gender
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
bolt from the blue; great surprise
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
calm; composed; cool; quiet
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
as (for); for; in the capacity of
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to become hard and fibrous; to go to seed; to have passed one's prime; to have lost the first bloom of one's youth
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
only; merely; but; no more than
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...