hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
scissors (in rock-paper-scissors)
ho-ho-ho (e.g. Santa Claus)
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
deep emotion; being filled with emotion
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
rattan; (rattan) cane (e.g. used in wicker furniture)
Hiyoshimaru (name of Toyotomi Hideyoshi during his youth)
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
to be struck by lightning; to be yelled at (by someone of higher status); to be scolded harshly
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting
makikomi (judo throw); vehicle accident involving a turn (e.g. when a car turns and hits a bicycle that was going straight); left-turn accident; right-turn accident
to be struck by lightning
(very) patient; persevering
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
for the first time in one's life
being one in body and soul; of one flesh; two hearts beating as one
death from explosion; death from bombing; bombing (in sales); flopping
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
child's tear-stained face
biological child; one's own child
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
modulation (of voice); variation; variety; liveliness (e.g. of writing style)
coexistence; living together
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little