recently; lately; these days
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
distant look; faraway look
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
young person; youth; young
looter; plunderer; pillager; marauder
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
graduation ceremony; commencement
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
notice; notification; report; posting
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
document; official papers
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
honorific/polite/humble prefix
government office; public office
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
family; members of a family
free (of charge); gratuitous
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
that's the way it is; such is life
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
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case