bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
to be too late; to be too slow
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
tall figure; high stature
with a slip; with a slide
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
androgynous; gender-neutral
sorrow; grief; anguish; anxiety; worry; trouble
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
to jar; to creak; to grate
to sit for an examination
intelligence test; IQ test
interview (e.g. for a job)
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
24 hours; twenty-four hours
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
school record (on a student); transcript (of grades); confidential report
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
person concerned; person qualified; person in question; party; litigant (legal)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
(distinction of) sex; gender
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
usually; under usual circumstances
in unison; as one; united