nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
success or failure; result
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
assistant director (in taking professional movies)
unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares
quickening; foetal (fetal) movement; fomenting (trouble)
last scene (e.g. of a movie); closing scene
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
around the world; throughout the world
rebirth; new birth; nascent
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
far away in the distance; in the far distance
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to fall down with a "plop"
every evening; every night
grinding; polishing; refining (skill, knowledge, etc.); striving to master something
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds