how many years; how long; what year
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
quarrel; dispute; argument
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
indicate reason; infers some protest
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
to be found; to be discovered
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
difficult to ...; hard to ...
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
just the other day; quite recently
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason