living by oneself; living alone
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
unmarried; not yet married
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
almost; roughly; approximately
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
same generation; one's generation
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
book; volume; this; present; main; head
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
in succession; one by one
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect