activist; campaigner; crusader (e.g. for women's rights); athlete; sporty person
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
depending on; dependent on
failure; mistake; blunder
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart; to have a heart-to-heart talk (with someone)
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
although I say; although one might say; although called
expressing one's opinion; speaking one's mind; making known; revealing
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana; transcription (of spoken material); dictation
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
algebra; number of generations (e.g. in imperial succession)
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
closet (built into the wall, usu. with sliding doors); (built-in) wardrobe
library; book collection; paperback book
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
I see; that's right; indeed
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
Sinology; study of China or of the Chinese classics
han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province
Sinologist; scholar of the Chinese classics
Chinese poem; Chinese poetry
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics
reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
wearing one's hair in braids
(spare) time; free time; time off; leave; resignation; dismissal
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark