study; diligence; discount; reduction
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
juicy (i.e. having lots of juice or liquid); Okinawan rice gruel meal
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
to order; to command; to appoint
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)