cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
practice; practising; experience
aforementioned; above-mentioned
appointed time; timetable; schedule
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
now that you say that; now that you mention it
to be generally accepted; to be acknowledged by oneself and others
raging fire; conflagration
offering a full report to a superior
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
loanword; foreign-origin word
to translate; to interpret
human; human-like; as a person
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
idealistic thought (argument)
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
depravity; corruption; degradation
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
educational institution; educational facilities
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
application; request; petition
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
circular notice (esp. distributed to households within a neighbourhood association)
system; institution; organization; organisation
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
fairly long period of time; (arch.) four-hour period
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response