unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
(not) even once; (not) ever
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
how many years; how long; what year
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to graduate from a university
bank; banking institution
finding employment; getting a job
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
branch office; branch store
to order; to command; to appoint
since then; from that time; ever since
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
after that; afterwards; thereafter
second marriage; remarriage
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
letter; missive; note; mail
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
telephone book; telephone directory
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
how long; how far; how much
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
(period of) a year; during an era
place where one works; construction site; working area
convenient; expedient; makeshift
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship