one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
to paint (draw) a picture
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
day of month; counter for days
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
the art of giving a brief glimpse (of skin, underwear, etc.)
virtue; charm; merit; good point
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
probability; likelihood; chances
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana; transcription (of spoken material); dictation
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
to make a list; to enumerate
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
normal duties; (one's) regular work