creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to turn towards; to point
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
finding employment; getting a job
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
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)
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to face; to go towards; to head towards
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
attending a government office; going to work (for a government official)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
poor physical health; bad shape
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
pistol; handgun; revolver
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field