one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
resemblance; likeness; similarity; analogy
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
tail (animal); tail end; tip
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to summon courage; to be brave
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
semi-transparent; translucent
the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
literature; books (reference); document
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to exceed (by a lot); to (far) surpass; to end; to cease; to stop
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
and yet; though; when; in spite of
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful