head over heels; headlong; head first
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
public telephone; pay phone
to telephone; to make a phone call
to summon courage; to be brave
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
multiplication table; times table
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
association; society; organization; organisation
reading matter; reading material
author; writer; novelist; artist
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous