estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
counter for choices, options, etc.
(not) in any way; in no way; at all
to have a reason; to have an excuse
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
first volume (in set); volume one; book one
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
acquaintanceship; vijnana; consciousness; written by...
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
vamp (woman who uses sex appeal to exploit men)
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
all over (the place); throughout; everywhere; every inch; every part; from head to toe
pretense; affectation; showiness
to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)
vein (of ore); reef; streak; lode
Japanese person; Japanese people
extremely familiar; very well-acquainted
to look stupid; to have a critical lack
from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
March; third month of the lunar calendar
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted; for some reason
winter vacation; winter holidays
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order