final; eventual; ultimate
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)
short story; short film; short poem
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
body; physical system; (the) person
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
with a start; with a jump
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
snapping back (at someone) despite being in the wrong; getting mad back
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
current student; enrolled student
while; although; (but) on the other hand; at the same time; opposite side; other side
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
without sparing time for sleep
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
lending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
winter vacation; winter holidays
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
24th day of the month; 24 days
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
jumble; mixture; mess; muddle; disorder; chaos
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter