cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)
annual (plant); first-year student
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
to snatch; to grab; to steal; to charge (an exorbitant price) for
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement
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)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
educational institution; school; academy; campus
backdoor admission to a school; backdoor entry to a school; buying one's way into school; bribing one's way into a school
donation; contribution; endowment
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
(your) daughter; young woman
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp