absorption; suction; attraction
foreign; abroad; overseas
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
sympathy; compassion; pity
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
face to face; between two persons
from here; from this place
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
second (unit of time); arc second
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to have meaning; to be meaningful
the last moment; the very end
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
though; notwithstanding; although
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to be worried; to be troubled
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell