perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
to teach; to take a teaching job
that day; the very same day
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
literature; books (reference); document
ultimate; final; last; eventual
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
global scale; worldwide scale
while; during; performed in this condition
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
some other time; another time
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
sunlight; rays of the Sun
more than usual; especially; particularly
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient