to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
suggestion; hint; implication
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
head; brains; intellect; understanding
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
white; correction fluid; white-out
label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)
to become empty; to be emptied
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
Buddhist ritual implements (esp. altar fittings)
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to chant (repeat) the name of Buddha
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
high rice field; very fertile rice field
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
Harusame Monogatari (1808 collection of stories by Ueda Akinari); Tales of Spring Rain
one's later years; final years (in life)
person of letters; literary person
piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
T-shaped wooden bell hammer
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
to achieve enlightenment; to attain enlightenment
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death