to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
aptitude; aptness; suitability
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
list of marks; list of grades
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
full view; plain sight; completely visible
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
mounted bandit (esp. historically in NE China from the end of the Qing dynasty)
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
true seal (animal); earless seal
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
remembering (and honoring) the teachings of Buddha
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
notes; remarks (reference) column
zero (points, marks); no marks; zero (of a function); root; zero degrees (Celsius); freezing point
of low (mean, inferior) character
waiting woman in a shogun or daimyo's palace
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
elopement; running away with a lover
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
burning with ambition; highly ambitious