favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
difficult to ...; hard to ...
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to be too numerous; to be too much
long day (esp. of spring)
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to need; to call for; to require
vernal equinox; spring equinox
autumnal equinox; autumn equinox; fall equinox
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
change over the years; aging; ageing; secular change
site; point on a map; spot
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to state; to express; to mention
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
Island; insula; island; islet
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
Nansei Islands; Ryukyu Islands; chain of islands extending from southwestern Kyushu to northern Taiwan
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
though; notwithstanding; although
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out