place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to pass (of time); to elapse
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to speak; to hear a voice
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
driver's license; driver's licence; driving licence
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
loan; roan; lawn (i.e. short grass); lawn (type of cotton cloth)
to pay off completely (e.g. loan)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking