acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
sorry; apologetic; remorseful
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
window frame; window sill
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
brother (usu. in names of films, companies, etc.)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
few decades; many decades; several decades
only recently; just of late
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
recuperation; medical treatment
temporary absence from school
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
feces and urine; excreta; human waste