year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
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)
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
report; notification; registration
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
emaciation; gauntness; haggardness
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
line; queue; procession; matrix
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
late at night; at a late hour
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
verbal message; word (from someone)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
torii; Shinto shrine archway
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to be born; to come into the world
to call out; to ask someone to come
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.