serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
hostility; animosity; enmity
witnessing; observing; sighting
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
to have an idea; to have a clue
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
pronunciation; production of sound
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
study of foreign languages; linguistics
proficient; skillful; patience; perseverance; fortitude
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
correction; revision; amendment
to have a smattering knowledge of
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
leading person; foremost figure
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
interference; intervention; meddling
not yet known; unknown; strange
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
fast asleep; dead to the world
sickroom; hospital room; ward
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
nothing but; none other than
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)