someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
beginning of the world; creation
to accept; to receive; to agree
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
unwanted child; shunned child
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
kanji "large village" radical at right (radical 163)
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
like this; such; thus; in this way
in the hospital; hospitalized
writing; composition; essay; sentence
PS; postscript; appending; addition (esp. of data, information)
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
concerning the content; with respect to the content; content-wise
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
person concerned; interested party; related party
inheritance; something given or received
having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension
fifth day of the month; five days
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
arbitrator; mediator; go-between
to give one's first cry (of a newborn baby); to be born; to come into being; to be formed
revival; restoration; resuscitation
sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity
powerful family; powerful clan
increase in population; population growth
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
modern state; modern nation
appointment; assignment; promotion
underlying cause; indirect cause; remote cause
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
territorial dispute; territorial issue
dispute; contention; conflict; controversy
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
image; figure; figure; form; image