belief; faith; conviction
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
beginning; outset; first; onset
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
registered mail; registered post; registration (of mail); (putting on) record; writing down; noting down
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
diligence; industry; assiduity; hard work
to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)
second division; secondary division
field; plain; prairie; moor
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
eagle (Accipitridae family)
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
wharf; quay; landing-stage; jetty
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
year of the Rooster; year of the Cock
late spring; third month of the lunar calendar
leaving someone behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
walking (with heavy steps); tramping; lumbering; clumping
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning