tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
unexpected meeting; coincidence
not caring; not giving a damn
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
at least; at most; (even) just
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
very much; extremely; greatly
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
studies; schoolwork; classwork
preference; priority; precedence
shoji (paper sliding door)
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
variant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match
no side (rugby); full time; end of game; post-fight mutual praise; reconciling
to appear in the newspaper
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
Hydra (constellation); the Sea Serpent
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of