regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
feelings; thoughts; meaning
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
riskiness; (level of) danger
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
excellent plan; best policy
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
even more; still more; further
strategic arrangement of go stones; opening moves; preparation; preparatory steps; groundwork
cache; place to hide something
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
dear friends; (all of) you or those men
impossible; unlikely; improbable
returning from school; going home from school
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
consequence; result; conclusion
elementary; basic; rudimentary
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
the sound of the kana "n"
geminate consonant (small "tsu" in Japanese)
dakuten; diacritic kana mark that turns an unvoiced consonant into a voiced consonant
handakuten; diacritic kana mark that turns h into p
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
Japanese-language dictionary; dictionary of a national language
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person