to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
retreating figure; appearance from behind
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
(act of) writing on a blackboard
to miss a chance; to fail to do
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
classification; color coding; colour coding; color keying; colour keying; differentiation using different colors (colours)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
health and physical education
keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
outline; summary; argument