year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
return to secular life; secularization; secularisation
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
nun; bitch; Amagasaki, Hyogo; Amazon (online retailer)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
after a long time; for the first time in a while
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
at least; at most; (even) just
the treasure that is children; child
prayer (for something); supplication
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
charge; grounds; suspicion
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion