to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
one's own work; making by oneself
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
suffix for familiar person
wicked tongue; abusive language
five flavors (sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter); five palates; five tastes; five flavors (milk at various stages of making ghee: fresh milk, cream, curdled milk, butter, and ghee); (fig.) the five periods of the Buddha's teachings
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
society for the study of manga; manga club
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
three dimensions; three dimensional; 3D; real world; IRL (in real life)
Boys (The Shirelles song)
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
worthy of special mention
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
sense of humor; sense of humour
to walk (a bicycle, scooter, etc.); to push; to wheel
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to scrape off; to plane off
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
top recommendation; (something) highly recommended
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
final selection (e.g. of applicants); final screening; shortlisting
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
street; quarter; district; area
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold