old age; old person; the old; the aged
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
another kind; distinct species; variety
the other day; a few days ago
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
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
interference; intervention; meddling
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
electricity; (electric) light
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to show up; to appear; to turn up
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to happen to meet; to come across
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
taking advantage of (a convenient situation)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
threat; intimidation; menace