to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
journal; magazine; periodical
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
present use; business in hand; necessary for the current time
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task)
unpromoted (piece); limit orders that become market orders at the closing auction if not already executed
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
minerals and rocks; metal and stone utensils; epigraph
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
where there is a will, there is a way
in addition; besides this; twice
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; suddenly; all of a sudden
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
after tax income; net income
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse; nanny
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait