honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; loofah; loofa; something useless
hollow; sharply; cleanly (of cutting); smoothly
(period of) a year; during an era
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
interior; inside; internal
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
and; thereupon; because of that
spring break; spring vacation
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
(necessary) personnel; required person
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
to blow out; to spout out
in the end; at the end of the day
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher