to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing); sweet potato digger
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to increase; to add to; to augment
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
meaning; significance; sense
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
care; kea (Nestor notabilis)
playing in the mud; playing with mud
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
pre-war days; before the war
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
time; hour; period; class
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
English conversation; school for English conversation
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
how; in what way; how about