sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
general idea; concept; notion
to escape from; to get out
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
in a day; in a brief space of time
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
safety zone; traffic island
to shake one's head (in denial)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
way out; means to escape; escape route
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to be injured; to sustain a wound
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
sense of values; values; value system
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice