success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
study; diligence; discount; reduction
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
complete book; complete set; treatise
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
compendium of laws; statute books; (lit.) complete book of the Six Codes
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to pass (of time); to elapse
new book; new publication
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to approach; to draw near
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
counter for books; volume
advanced level; high grade; senior
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
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
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)