selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
how many years; how long; what year
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
reorganization (e.g. of a company); reorganisation; consolidation; scrap-and-build
oath; vow; pledge; covenant
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
scoundrel; rascal; villain
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
deposit and withdraw; taking in and out
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
under the control (of); under the dominion (of)
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
to be greedy; to be avaricious; to want badly; to desire intensely; to covet
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
general situation; general trend; general tendency; large majority (of a group, faction, etc.); majority group
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
arbitration; intercession; mediation
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
trainee; bodybuilding enthusiast; gym rat; exercise addict
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
simply; merely; only; solely
quarrel; dispute; argument
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix