I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to not know how to act or what to do; to be at a loss
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
black spot; black dot; mark indicating a defeat; loss; failure
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to graduate from a university
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
great difference; big difference; wide margin
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
innumerable; countless; numberless
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
general; popular; common; typical
classification; categorization; sorting
good result; good outcome
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
meditation; contemplation
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
unmarried person; bachelor; spinster
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
classmate; graduates in the same class; wrestlers who began their professional careers in the same tournament
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
in; on; at; during; in the condition of
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose