year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in the same way as; just like
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
subjective symptoms; patient's complaints
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
of course; certainly; naturally
instant; moment; for an instant
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to see through; to see the true nature of something
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
forcibly; against one's will
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
inferiority; recessiveness; recessive
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
two persons; two people; pair; couple
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
older brother; elder brother
deep emotion; strong feelings
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)