qualifications; requirements; capabilities
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
cares; ill feeling; reserve
truancy; absence without leave
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
scenery; scene; landscape
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
one day; (on) a certain day
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
the place for; the time for; the level of
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare