boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
step; stride; counter for steps
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
transparency; permeability
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to come to one's senses; to calm down
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
round; spherical; circular
story; tale; talk; discussion
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
family; members of a family
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
second-year student; biennial
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
arrest; apprehension; capture
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
simply; merely; only; solely
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
Japanese-style writing desk
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
not yet known; unknown; strange