scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
sense of unity; sense of oneness
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to be born; to come into the world
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
Chidorigafuchi (famous place in Tokyo for cherry blossoms, location of the Budokan)
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to mark the end; to spell the end
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
school building; schoolhouse
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
save; checking; curbing; suppressing
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
student's handbook; small notebook that also acts as a student ID