launching site (esp. rockets, etc.); launch site
to fan; to incite; to instigate
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
refueling (car, plane, etc.); lubricating (a machine); oiling
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom); to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease
one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors
points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank)
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
student guidance; student counseling
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
just past noon; afternoon
white line; linea alba (anot.)
Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern
to go with the flow; to go with the times