dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
military service; combat experience
old soldier; veteran; old hand
guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
annual (plant); first-year student
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
letter; missive; note; mail
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
order; command; life; destiny; fate
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
discovery; detection; finding
mask; disguise; guise; mask
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
pupil; student; schoolchild
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer