style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to watch over; to watch attentively
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
in comparison to; rather than
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
memory; sense; experience
than; from; out of; except; but; more
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
wintertime; winter season
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to become completely chilled
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
even though; despite; when
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
deputy director; assistant director; vice director; deputy general manager; assistant general manager; vice (general) manager
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
adviser; advisor; consultant
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking