servant; manservant; menial
landscape gardening; landscape architecture
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
vineyard; vinery; grape plantation
to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff on; to rev (an engine); to race; to put on (an air of); to act in a ... way
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
work; business; company; study
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
deadlock; stalemate; standstill; hopeless position; lost game; zugzwang
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
one's family; family member
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
encryption; encoding; encipherment
dark place; unlit spot; darkness
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress
fibrous; filamentous; fibrillary; fibriform
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to spit out; to eject; to dump
March; third month of the lunar calendar
continuing one's education into high school
spring break; spring vacation
boy's school uniform (usu. a black jacket with a stand-up collar and loose trousers)
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
to be photographed; to be projected
using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
projection; reflection; image; match; harmony
to begin (emphatically); to launch; to embark on
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
promotion (school, military, etc.)