(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
lately; recently; nowadays
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
disinheritance; disowning
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)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity