group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
increase in activity; activation
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
detention; confinement; arrest
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
joints; points (of a speech)
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
adherence (to one's beliefs) (positive nuance); persistence; sticking to one's guns; standing one's ground
derailment; digression; deviation
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
replying to someone's email immediately
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to have the privilege of doing
Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; (lit.) herbivore
the world in general; society; convention
to take great care (in doing); to pay attention; to be careful
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
way out; means to escape; escape route
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
chief; main; principal; major
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
to appease; to suppress; to calm