koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
thunderous roar; roaring sound
next; secondly; subsequently
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
guess; conjecture; surmise
(one's) current position; current location; present position
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
attendance; presence; appearance
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
to call the roll; to take attendance
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky