- Start従来じゅうらいup to now, so far
- Start日取りひどりfixed date, appointed day
- Start合間あいまinterval, break, pause
- Start時折ときおりsometimes, at intervals, occasionally
- Start今更いまさらnow (when it is already much too late), at this stage
- Start年輪ねんりんannual tree ring, growth ring
- Start先だってせんだってthe other day, some time ago, recently
- Start古代こだいancient times, distant past, antiquity
- Start頭がしらtop of ..., head of ...
- Start期日きじつfixed date, appointed date, set date
- Start年号ねんごうname of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa), Japanese era name
- Start末期まっきlast years, closing years, last days
- Start度忘れどわすれlapse of memory, (something) slipping one's mind, forgetting for a moment something one knows well
- Start晩年ばんねんone's later years, final years (in life)
- Start夜更しよふかしstaying up late, sitting up late at night, keeping late hours
- Start夜更けよふけlate at night, small hours of the morning
- Start一頃ひところonce, some time ago
- Start区間くかんsection (of track, etc.), segment, dimension
- Start準じるじゅんじるto follow (a rule, precedent, etc.), to conform to (the law, standards, etc.), to be based on
- Start仮にかりにsupposing, even if, granting that