to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; foothills
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
river; stream; River; the ... river
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
surroundings; environs; circumference
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time