looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
many; much; plenty; hardly
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
silence; stillness; quietness
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
postcard; memo; note; card
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
(right at the) side; just beside
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
magic carpet; flying carpet
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
sharing; share (on social media); market share
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
literally; self-explanatorily
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
failure; mistake; blunder