briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
Japanese-style writing desk
to teach; to take a teaching job
silence (not speaking); muteness
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
counter for rules; rule; regulation
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
never; by no means; not in the least; why; what for
existence; possession; having; limited company
the three deities (Marici, Mahakala, Sarasvati); the three celestials (Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma)
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
one breath; chug!; drink!
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
righteousness; justice; right
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
acquaintanceship; vijnana; consciousness; written by...
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon, etc.
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
life; living; I; me; student
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
to read (a text) from start to finish; to transliterate classical Chinese into Japanese
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-