year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to go out and away; to leave
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
lately; recently; nowadays
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
hindrance; obstacle; harm; bad effect; sickness
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
something like ...; something called ...
much less; to say nothing of
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to be needed; to be wanted
peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
when it becomes; when it comes to
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
such; like that; that sort of; very
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour