difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
drawing of a character in a standing pose (in video games)
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
great difference; major mistake
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg); one piece of sushi
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
to stay (at); to stop (at)
to overdo; to do too much
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
to be able to do; to be capable of doing
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
vice; immorality; corruption
to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
if you think about it; come to think of it
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
to lose heart; to lose motivation
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work