to sit for an examination
difficult to ...; hard to ...
Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
family name; lineage; birth; clan
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
shadow of a bird; sighting of a bird
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it; you can't tell unless you try
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to take turns; to mingle together
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
speculator; adventurer; imposter; prospector
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine