seal; stamp; judgment; judgement; size (of paper or books)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
health preservation; recuperation; recreation
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
seam; seal (e.g. envelope); writing on the seal of an envelope
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
January; first month of the lunar calendar
humanities; liberal arts; social science; literary course; department of literature
attendance; presence; appearance
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to say no more; to sink into silence
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
to be intimate with; to befriend