present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
Japanese person; Japanese people
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
gross (i.e. 12 dozen); gross (i.e. not net); total; gross score (in golf)
gleaming; shining; glistening
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
considerably; fairly; quite
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to stop walking; to pause
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
festival; feast; carnival
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
how many years; how long; what year
articulation; speaking one's lines smoothly; reciting one's lines well
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly