service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to be astonished; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be deeply impressed
bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
hard fight; difficult struggle
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
speaking voice; talking voice
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
enumeration; citation; listing
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
verification of accounts; checking figures; arithmetic check
equilateral triangle; regular triangle
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
sick person; patient; invalid
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
by itself; automatically; naturally
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
in the meanwhile; during the time
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel