club activities; extracurricular activities
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
tedious; boring; being fed up with
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to face; to go towards; to head towards
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
temporary closure of a room (office, exhibition, etc.)
banknote; bill; note; paper money
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to apologize; to apologise
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
and; thereupon; because of that
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
binder; clipboard; binding machine (wheat, etc.); binder
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
aiueo-order; order of the kana syllabary
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
please (give me); please (do for me)
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to look around; to survey
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
all; entire; whole; altogether
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)