long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
age of majority; age of adulthood
to need; to call for; to require
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
in comparison to; rather than
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
reading matter; reading material
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
existence; possession; having; limited company
but; however; even though; even if
management; administration; operation
materials; data; document
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection