best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
shrill voice (esp. of women and children)
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
in a daze; absent-mindedly; vacantly; dimly; hazily; faintly
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)
meaning; significance; sense
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
about; on; regarding; per; for every
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
official recognition; official approval; certification; authorization; authorisation
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
just one person; only one
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to pass (of time); to elapse
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)