to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
to translate; to interpret
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
the other day; lately; recently
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
torii; Shinto shrine archway
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to soak into; to permeate
show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
just one person; only one
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
age thirty; one's thirties
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
estimate (of costs); budget
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
weariness; fatigue; languor; boredom; tedium; ennui