year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
incident; affair; happening; event
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
life; living; I; me; student
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse)
on bad terms; at loggerheads
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
Japanese person; Japanese people
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
postwar period; period after Second World War
member of the Lower House
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like