activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes); chimpanzee; chimp
orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus); orang-utan; orangutang
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
curiosity-seeking; bizarre (crime, etc.); grotesque; abnormal
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures); eastern sea; Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); (arch.) Japan
casual income; extraordinary revenue; incidental income; nonrecurring income; perquisite
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
not knowing what to do with oneself (out of embarrassment, etc.); not knowing where to put oneself; feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong
feel uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
to become possible; to become able to (do)
yes or no answer; agreement or disagreement; consent or refusal
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
overseas student; exchange student
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
appointment; rendezvous; date
satisfactory; desirable; favourable; seeming (to be); appearing
street; quarter; district; area
examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to approach; to draw near
to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
wearing one's hair in braids
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom