Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
homeless person; vagabond; tramp
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
lantern (esp. handheld oil lamp); hurricane lamp
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
senility; dotage; decrepitude
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
distinction; favoritism; favouritism; discrimination
something; some kind of; for some reason
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
meaning; significance; sense
such; like that; that sort of; very
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread