middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
two persons; two people; pair; couple
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
else; in addition; besides
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
place; position; location; position; standing; status
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
perfect; complete; flawless
visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to face; to go towards; to head towards
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to come and go; to go back and forth
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion