so-so; tolerable; passable
conquest; subjugation; overcoming (a difficulty); conquering (e.g. a mountain); mastery (of a skill)
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
establishment of more (offices)
quiver (worn on the right hip; used from the Nara period onward)
way of calling (something or someone)
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
with a sudden rush; in a mad rush; all at once
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities; to slip away; to abscond
habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking