general; popular; common; typical
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
story; tale; talk; discussion
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
wherein; therein; thereinto
several sheets (flat objects)
document; official papers
prefectural high school; public high school
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
(written) application; written request; petition; written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
February; second month of the lunar calendar
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
interview; oral examination
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
breath; breathing; tone; mood
don't you think?; indicates question
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about