to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
student (esp. a university student)
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
weather forecast; weather report
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
form; shape; figure; visage
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck