to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
while; during (the time when)
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
the lord of creation; man; mankind
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen
to surround; to crowd around
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor
cushion; pillow; mattress
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
Kansai region (center-west area of Japan comprising Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures)
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
overseas student; exchange student
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
leaving school during a term
young person; youth; young
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)