to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
life; living; I; me; student
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
loanword; foreign-origin word
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
casting; cast-metal object
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
sedge hat and straw rain cape
for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); north-northeast; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
one's own work; making by oneself
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around