to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to work together (in the same class, workplace, etc.); to be classmates; to sit side by side; (lit.) to put (one's) desks side by side
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
the other day; lately; recently
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
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)
appearance; figure; shape; form
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
should; must; -able; probably; likely
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
to shake; to sway; to waver
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.