ability; capability; skill
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
cross-examination; retort; asking in return
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
obeying; observing; following
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
ordinary (esp. life or behavior); typical; conventional; standard; average
real thing; original; actual
slide (used for projection); magic lantern
knowing; (an) acquaintance
colour; color; hue; tints
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
to be photographed; to be projected
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
preserving in alcohol; pickling one's liver; drinking incessantly; being a souse
example; specimen; sample
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
guess; conjecture; supposition; inference
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
to be forward; to be impertinent
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
sphere; counter for balls
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)