to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
kanreki; one's 60th birthday (or 61st in the traditional age reckoning system) when one has lived through a full sexagenary cycle
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
presence; dignity; corpulence; obesity
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
making (something) widely known; announcement; unveiling
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness; clean impression
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed