end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
advanced level; high grade; senior
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
somebody (important); person of importance
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
wherein; therein; thereinto
special; particular; peculiar; unique
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
devious; cunning; sly; crafty
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
to set (sun); to become dark
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
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.)
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
sincere; honest; faithful
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
spring water; clear (pure) water
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused