hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
negative personality; asocial type
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
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)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
poop; faeces; feces; crap; trash; garbage
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
recently; lately; these days
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
being on duty; person on duty
timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule
attendance; presence; appearance
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to be photographed; to be projected