name; given name; first name
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
pupil; student; schoolchild
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
cenotaph; memorial monument
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
epidemic; plague; pestilence
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to comfort; to console; to amuse
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
school building; schoolhouse
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to leave (a mark, trace, etc.); to print; to stamp; (arch.) to be a sign of; (arch.) to be an omen for
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
educational institution; school; academy; campus