opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
... years old; age (of) ...
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
silver-gray hair; silver-grey hair; handsome grey-haired man; silver fox
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
prime minister; premier; chancellor
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
imperial court; royal court
shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
government service; official position; civil service
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
line; queue; procession; matrix
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
but; however; provided that
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder