to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
visitor to a sick or distressed person; hospital visitor; inquirer
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
finely chiseled (features)
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
in comparison to; rather than
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
brave general; brave warrior; courageous general
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
several times; a few times
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
everyday life; daily life
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)
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty