to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
difficult to ...; hard to ...
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
annual (plant); first-year student
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
I see; that's right; indeed
great difference; major mistake
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain