side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty); (tactic of) making and breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
nth period (e.g. nth class in school day)
period of time; time slot; time zone
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to be extremely sleepy; to be at the brink of falling asleep
possible; probable; likely
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; patch of blue sky; (arch.) period of serenity
propelling pencil; mechanical pencil
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to slap; to strike; to spank
risky; dangerous; insecure