stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
popular name; common name; given name
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
to provide; to arrange; to install
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
nine parts; nine percent; almost
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
good looks; pretty woman; good-looking woman
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
reading partway; leaving half-read
article; news story; report; account
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
in the same manner as before; the same as always
if it is the case that ...
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
calming down; quieting down
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
oyakodon; chicken and egg on rice; threesome including a mother and her daughter
(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward