class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
central part; heart (of a city)
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
sphere; circle; range; category
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
thousands; several thousand
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
charm; incantation; spell; magic formula
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
the whole area; all areas
calamity; disaster; accident
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
being filled with; being full of; permeation
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
hardships; privations; difficulties
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
natural disaster; cataclysm
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
dozens; scores of; decades
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)