bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
muddy water; red-light district
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
start of a romance; beginning of love
nonchalantly; unconcernedly; casually
to be at a loss for words
to put someone to trouble
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
junior high school student; middle school pupil
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
chief; main; principal; important
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
alone; unaided; away from home
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
system; institution; organization; organisation
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi