settlement; permanent residency
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
while; even though; despite
ambitious; motivated; willful
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to succeed; to bear fruit
one day; (on) a certain day
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to make a speech; to address
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
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.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)