willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
to pass (of time); to elapse
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
maintenance; preservation; improvement
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
secret information; intelligence
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
invisible writing revealed by applying heat; writing done in invisible ink
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to be kind to; to treat kindly
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
so; to such an extent; such
haberdashery; sundries store
female owner; proprietress; landlady
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
hard worker; hardworking person
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
connection; link; relationship
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)