life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
to communicate; to commune
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
setting a bad example to others
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
(religious) faith; belief; creed
splendour; splendor; pompousness; magnificence
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
drop (e.g. of water); drip
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
strong interaction; strong force
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
unbroken; endless; continuous
as if nothing had happened
to step forward; to volunteer
leaving the nest; (fig.) becoming independent of one's parents
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
memorial service for old needles
festival associated with Shōmen Kongō; staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings to the gods
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
head house (family); birthplace; originator