few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
concrete; tangible; material
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
self denial; self control
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)
life; living; I; me; student
student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
seeds and seedlings; eggs and hatchlings; (fish) eggs and fry
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
very likely; very probable
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
almost; roughly; approximately
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
number of persons; personnel
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
very much; very many; more and more
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
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.)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)