all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging paper lantern
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
regarding highly; attaching importance to
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
reality; actuality; hard fact
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to have meaning; to be meaningful
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
hotcake; (American) pancake
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
repetition; repeat; replication; recursion; iteration
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)