one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
absence; disregard; indifference
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
(time of) extreme cold; "major cold" solar term (approx. January 20, roughly the coldest time of the year)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
sad to say; how sad; alas
foreign cinema; foreign film; a foreign movie
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
death penalty; capital punishment
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
essence; true nature; substance; reality
physical examination (given at conscription)
youth; young man who has reached adulthood (conscription age)
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
a little bit; a little while
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
clearly; distinctly; vividly
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
impossible; unthinkable; unimaginable
even if; even though; however; no matter how
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
tapir (Tapirus spp.); mo; mythological Chinese chimera similar to a tapir, said to devour bad dreams
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
country; territory; domain; realm
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland