between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
writing; composition; essay; sentence
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
contradiction; inconsistency
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
in the sentence; in the text; Bunchū era (of the Southern Court) (1372.4.?-1375.5.27)
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
(some) more; even more; longer; further
manly; masculine; like a man
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
loafing; indolent; lazy; hey
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
together; at the same time; same; identical
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
female university student; female college student
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
when it becomes; when it comes to