one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
time; season; period; phase; stage
to say; to tell; to state; to do
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
loveable; very likeable; like very much
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
phantom; vision; illusion
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal