hindrance; obstacle; harm; bad effect; sickness
appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
climbing to the summit; summiting
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
construction; architecture (of buildings)
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)
weird; strange; mysterious
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along the surface of something; being slippery
living up to one's reputation
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
world history; international history
to say; to tell; to state; to do
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
feigned innocence or naivete; beguiling innocence; wolf in sheep's clothing
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off