place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
be (that) as it may; having said that
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
programme; program; plans; arrangements
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
all (there is); as long as there is
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
all; entire; whole; altogether
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
reconciliation; make peace with
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
memory; sense; experience
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive