just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond shape
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to make an appearance; to show up
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
endurance; perseverance; patience
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
one by one; one after another; successively
to shout (in anger); to yell
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
judgment; judgement; discernment
8000; eight thousand; many
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
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)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
warning; admonition; lesson or a phrase that teaches you not to do something
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual