shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
partly open; in half bloom
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
natural disaster; cataclysm
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
transfer student; student changing schools
sailor suit; middy uniform
to stay calm; to keep cool
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to be perturbed; to be agitated
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
originally; by nature; from the start
indicate reason; infers some protest
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
opposite side; opposition
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
way of speaking; intimation
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out