house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to detain; to check; to restrain
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
reason; cause; circumstances
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
clothes; clothing; garments
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
dwelling; house; residence; address
personification; impersonation; embodiment
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
many; much; plenty; hardly
correction; revision; amendment
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
notes; comment; remark; annotation