unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
dealing with; coping with
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
inside; interior; inner part
to ask a high price; to overcharge
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
24 hours; twenty-four hours
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
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)
second-year student; biennial
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
study; diligence; discount; reduction
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
wash basin; wash bowl (incl. portable bowl in a public bath)
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to project; to stick out; to stand out
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron