notebook; memorandum; commonplace book
and; thereupon; because of that
business; errand; nature of one's business
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
briskly; quickly; promptly
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
practice; practising; experience
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
Island; insula; island; islet
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
river; stream; River; the ... river
to add (to); to add on; to append
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few
winter vacation; winter holidays
use; utilization; utilisation; application
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
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)
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint