another meeting; meeting again; reunion
undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
housing district; residential district
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to continue (going along some trend)
ministries and government offices; the authorities
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
silent phone call (form of harassment)
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
(telephonic) transmission
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
chance of going out; opportunity (to succeed); musical accompaniment for an actor going on stage
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)