aloes wood (Taxus cuspidata var. nana); aloes-wood perfume; aloes-wood incense
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
detailed inspection; thorough examination; checking
extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)
to drive (e.g. a horse, carriage); to control; to manage; to govern; to rule
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
clever; intelligent; bright; well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good
possession (by a spirit, demon, etc.); dependence (on)
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
nth-year student; nth-year pupil
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
beauty and fortune seldom go together; the beautiful die young
to turn completely into; to become completely
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to nip (something) in the bud
early on; earlier on; from early
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
wavelike; in waves; undulation
sage; wise man; philosopher; sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
filleting a fish (into boneless left and right halves and a piece with the skeleton)
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
freshwater goby (any fish of genus Rhinogobius); dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); Gymnogobius urotaenia (species of goby); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)