elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
(some) more; even more; longer; further
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
master; teacher; stable master
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
many; numerous; various; large number of
offender; criminal; culprit
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
successive generations; successive emperors
to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean sea (oceanography)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble