dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
preparatory reading; preparation (for a lesson); reading through (e.g. a script); rehearsal (of a play)
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
astonished beyond words; speechless out of shock
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to explain away; to answer evasively
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
to gain the understanding (of); to obtain consent (from)
to complain; to make a complaint
contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
way of speaking; intimation; lips; mouth; snout
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
lately; recently; nowadays
mutual agreement; understanding; common consent
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science