year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
private affairs; personal matter
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
molester; groper; masher; pervert
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to be possessed by an evil spirit; to be tempted; to give in to an urge; to succumb to temptation
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)