serious; not joking; straight
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to move; to put elsewhere; to tidy; to put in order
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
cloud ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae); wood ear mushroom; Jew's ear mushroom
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
fluttering (esp. of thick or heavy material); piece of dangling cloth, paper, metal, etc.
New Year's Eve; December 31
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
study; research; investigation
leading person; foremost figure
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
feeling; sense; impression
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
example; specimen; sample
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to smear with blood; to kill
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear