congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
home area; home town; local
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
Hakata (old but still commonly used name for Fukuoka)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
(someone else's) parents; both parents
in good health; alive and well; going strong
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
tuberculosis; TB; concretion
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
older sister; elder sister
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
how many people; a number of people
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)