time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
two persons; two people; pair; couple
rice cultivation; rice farming
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
education; training; discipline
being adopted into the family of one's bride
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
nothing but; none other than
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
plainly; clearly; vividly
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
number one; first; best; most; game; round
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to collect; to assemble; to gather
agricultural book; book on agriculture
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
rice cultivation; rice crop
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
method of bringing up; method of raising
adds force or indicates command
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many