period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
standing (committee); permanent (exhibit)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization
watering hole; watering place
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
besides; in addition; also; moreover
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
antiquity; the previous era
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
reincarnation; rebirth; transmigration; metempsychosis
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
one's post; place of work; workplace
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone