character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
third stage; three stages
book of pictures (paintings, drawings, etc.); collection of pictures
photo book (esp. one featuring photos of female celebrities, models); photobook
sharing; division; draw; tie
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
ago; since; before; previous
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
senior high school; high school
classbook; yearbook; graduation album
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
home area; home town; local
rate of advancement to the next higher level of education
at that time; in those days
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
to pass (of time); to elapse
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
such ... as; or some such
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to be photographed; to be projected