expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to bring; to take; to bring about
memories; recollections; reminiscence
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
how many years; how long; what year
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
participation; joining; entry; adherence
refinement; style; sophistication
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
your husband; her husband
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
beginning; outset; first; onset
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
female friend; woman friend
to be refined; to be polished; to be stylish; to be sophisticated
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
like this; this sort; this way
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point