to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
next term; next period; next version; next release
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
word; term; language; speech
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
trivia; snippet of knowledge
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
ceremonious; unduly distant (e.g. towards a friend); overly formal; reserved
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
to be born; to come into the world
the front; honest; upright; decent
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
several years; a few years
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
moving; touching; stirring
plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick; drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater
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.)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
in the background; not standing out
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category