duty; function; office; mission; task
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
(verbal) message; sending word; (arch.) excuse; (arch.) pretext
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
that; the matter in question
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
long (time that has passed); old (story)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
senior pupil (of the same master); senior disciple; senior student; senior member
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
letter; missive; note; mail
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance