year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
odds and ends; all; every
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to live in hiding; to live as a recluse
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
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
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
to serve; to work for; to attend
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
blood vessel; blood relationship
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
(present) head of a family
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
(religious) faith; belief; creed
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking