three generations; three periods; third generation
second generation; second; junior
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
bent back; hunchback; stoop
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
sunlight filtering through trees
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to become decrepit and ugly with age
stylish; smart; elegant; chic; refined; trim
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
intimacy; affection; familiarity
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to write incorrectly (e.g. character); to make a mistake in writing
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
facsimile edition; reprint
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
show; exhibition; spectacle
character of a place; situation; location; occasion
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
stylish; smart; high collar; hair dressed in a western style; to dress in the latest Western fashion
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)