place; room; margin; scope
voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to feel a chill run down one's spine
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
changing the subject; on a different note; by the way
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
schedule; program; programme; agenda
popular name; common name; given name
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
wearing one's hair in braids
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
to take over; to hand over
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra
with a clink; with a flop; suddenly; all of a sudden
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it!
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
one day; (on) a certain day