as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
standby; preparation; arrangement
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to breathe out; to exhale
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to have a talk; to tell a story
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
student preparing to re-take initially failed university entrance examinations
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
study; diligence; discount; reduction
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
to live; to reside; to inhabit
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness