ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
freshly-grated (e.g. daikon)
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to slide into; to slip into
wherein; therein; thereinto
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to face; to go towards; to head towards
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
educational endowment insurance
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega
winning a prize or place (in a contest)
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh