(starting) from nothing; from scratch
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
first part of a poem or verse
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
tendency; trend; inclination
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
extra effort; one small touch; small twist
to write ruby characters (small furigana above or beside kanji)
kana indicating the pronunciation of kanji; furigana
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
passing the winter; hibernation
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...