pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
metre; meter; meter; gauge
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
carelessly; inattentively
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
two times; twice; two degrees
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
how; in what way; how about
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
training school; vocational school
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence