opportunity; chance; time; occasion
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
wedding; bridal procession; marriage into a family
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
few decades; many decades; several decades
locust plague; damage to crops by grasshoppers
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
different race; different ethnic group; different peoples
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
measures to stimulate employment; employment measures
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
employment (long term); hire
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
any more; any further; any better; any longer