year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
prominent; eminent; leading; foremost; distinguished
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
and yet; though; when; in spite of
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
tool; implement; means; furniture
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
unwilling to submit; unsubmissive; disobedient
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
to long (for); to yearn (for); to love ardently; to do eagerly; to do with restless anticipation
to cease; to stop; to be over
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
how; in what way; how about
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
such; like that; that sort of
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
summary; digest; outline; abstract