hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
two colours; two varieties; two types
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to cease; to stop; to be over
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
vigor; vigour; ardor; ardour; high spirits
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
human; human-like; as a person
uncontrollable; irrepressible
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
postwar period; period after Second World War
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
grasp; catch; understanding