sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
small hill; low hill; hillock
play equipment; playground equipment
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
degree of familiarity; popularity
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
training period; residency (esp. medical); internship
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
continued luck in the fortunes of war
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
counter for books; volume
crumpled; wrinkled; crinkled; creased
journal; magazine; periodical
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
comic books; comics; comic; comical