year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
life; living; I; me; student
rebellious phase; rebellious age
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
retort; back talk; backchat
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
the other day; lately; recently
hallway slippers; indoor shoes
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
suffix for familiar person
in that way; thus; so; so?
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
high mountain; alpine mountain
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
one's post; place of work; workplace
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like