sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
summer vacation; summer holiday
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
study; pursuit of knowledge
to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to
while; even though; despite
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
in the meanwhile; during the time
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
this kind of; this sort of; this; like this; in this way
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
labor; labour; manpower; working force
earnings from a part-time job; part-time job pay
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
how; in what way; how about
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
then; well; so; well then
schedule; program; programme; agenda
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer