middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
of course; certainly; naturally
rather; better; instead; if anything
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
joining (a group, team, etc.); enrollment; enrolment
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to lie deep in; to extend far back
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
don't you think?; indicates question
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough