key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
interruption; suspension; break
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
(how) many times; (how) often
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
casting; cast-metal object
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
stairs; stairway; staircase
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
reality; actuality; hard fact
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
book; volume; this; present; main; head
air hole; windhole; ventilator
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
ten (long cylindrical things)
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
charcoal; charred remains
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
posterity; future life; life to come
to spend time (on doing something)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)