neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
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 flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
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)
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
gender; distinction of sex; sex
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
usually; under usual circumstances
in unison; as one; united
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
fair and square; open and aboveboard