period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
nylon track suit (when worn as street fashion); rattle-rattle; rustle-rustle; whisper-whisper
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
marriage proposal; marriage talks
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
steady; firm; solid; secure
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
very big; very large; taking up a lot of space
terrible luck; very bad luck
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
100,000; hundred thousand
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with vegetables
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
personal bankruptcy; voluntary bankruptcy
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
far away in the distance; in the far distance
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
don't worry about it; never mind; that's OK
to make one's rounds; to patrol
lost property; something dropped and left behind
loan; roan; lawn (i.e. short grass); lawn (type of cotton cloth)
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family
established (existing) policy (procedure(s))
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
government worker; public servant; civil servant