year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to fret; to be fretful; to be peevish
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
to continue to do; to persist in doing
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
well-balanced; considerate; of fine character
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to pass away; to join the majority; (lit.) to enter the death register
innocent; cherubic; childlike
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins; you'll pay for that!; what goes around, comes around
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
(eating) noisily; (chewing) with an open mouth; crumpled; creased; messy; disorderly
internal organs; intestines; viscera
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
feigned voice; unnatural voice
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
declaration of war; proclamation of war
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
boiled octopus; person as red as a lobster
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit