ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
weak point; unskillfulness
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
mountain road; mountain trail
(flee) like the wind; (run) out of sight
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
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)
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
taking care of one's health; recuperation; covering (with a protective material); coating; curing (concrete)
this occasion; at this time; now
short trip; brief journey; excursion
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
changing clothes; change of clothes
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
floor above; floor upstairs
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
to detain; to check; to restrain
to throw at; to turn; to raise
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
to complain; to lodge a complaint