pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
moisture; damp; richness; warmth; financial leeway; gains
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to blow through; to blow across
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
rest; break; recess; intermission
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
calamity; disaster; accident
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
small number; few; minority
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony