father; dad; husband; you; he
second anniversary of a death
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
such; like that; that sort of; very
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
young man; boy; son (of one's master, employer, etc.); husband; (male) lover; dear
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
river; stream; River; the ... river
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
pension; guesthouse; bed and breakfast; private home providing lodging for travelers (travellers)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)