seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
straight-laced person; stubborn person
trio; gang of three; threesome
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
results; record; grades; marks
boiled octopus; person as red as a lobster
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
wintertime; winter season
step; stride; counter for steps
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
possible; likely; probable
to come from; to have roots in
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
from (this, here, etc.); since (this)
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
sensual love; love affair
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
lying face down; upside down; prone
shiba (Japanese breed of dog); shiba inu; brushwood dog
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)