misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
explanatory notes (at the start of a book); introductory remarks; usage guide (e.g. of a dictionary); legend (on maps, drawings, etc.)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
cram school; part-time school preparing students for entrance examinations
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
by myself; in person; by oneself
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
to be moved by affection; to be moved by kindness; to be touched
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
name; given name; first name
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
anticancer drug; anticancer agent
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that