naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
serves you right!; see what happens!
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to pretend; to act (as if)
behaviour; behavior; conduct
moving in (to a house, apartment, etc.); taking up residence
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
senior high school; high school
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
passing (an exam); pass; success; meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification
to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)
celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing; blessing (from God)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
to become fraught with emotion
deposit (esp. on renting a house); security money; bond payment; guarantee
to look away; to turn away
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
shukuchi (rapid movement techniques); shortening distances
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
lock; lock (in rugby); lock forward
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
bridge (road, railway, ship, etc.); (contact) bridge; Seven Bridge (Japanese rummy game); bridge; bridge (of a pair of glasses); bridge (in wrestling); bridge (circuit)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
upper half of the body; upper body
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride; to span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over