nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
gag order; gag rule; gag law
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
to form a group; to form a bunch
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
New Year's Week (festivities)
cutting the New Year's rice cake (January 11th); traditional breaking of a sake cask at weddings, receptions, etc.
dictionaries (and similar books)
hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
built-in; fixed; attached
disorder; chaos; confusion
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator
main shrine; inner sanctuary
Tendai sect (of Buddhism)
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
high priest; highly-ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning
pistol; handgun; revolver
degeneration; retrogression
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
to cook (esp. grains such as rice, by boiling); to finish cooking
youthful; young; young-looking
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
course of a thrown ball; course of a hit ball (golf, tennis, etc.)
glove (esp. sports); globe
company name; name of a company
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
bearing many children; multiparity; multipariety; multiparousness; high birth rate