mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
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.)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
aforementioned; above-mentioned
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
in that way; thus; so; so?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
woman; female; feminine gender
of course; certainly; naturally
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...