elegance; taste; refinement
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
time; hour; period; class
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
literally; self-explanatorily
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to lose one's way; to get lost
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to leave half-read; to leave unfinished
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
popular name; common name; given name
significant; full of meaning; pregnant (with meaning); suggestive
you could say; you might say; verging on the
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to invite in; to usher in
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
bean curd lees; soybean pulp; refuse from tofu; deutzia; Deutzia crenata
interval; break; pause; gap (e.g. in the clouds); rift; cleft
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
elegance; grace; refinement; good taste
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
unusually; uncharacteristically
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
each house; every house; many houses
housing district; residential district
resemblance; likeness; similarity; analogy
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough