and then; and so; and; so then
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
to put back in a good mood; to cheer up
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
step; stride; counter for steps
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers); something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten; Chonchon; South American mythical bird
jingle; ding; ringing of small bells
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
to bear fruit; to produce fruit
Japanese spindle tree (Euonymus sieboldianus)
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to go past; to pass; to pass by
alone; by oneself; on one's own
longed-for; anxiously awaited
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
to discuss; to talk together
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream