dismissal (from a position); discharge
to pocket an insult; to choke back one's tears
(right at the) side; just beside
kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals
filtration; filtering; percolation
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
lament (song); elegy; dirge; Lamentations (book of the Bible)
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
high rating; good reputation
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
mockery by means of excessive praise; damning with lavish praise; backhanded compliment
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
the relation of master to servant
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
military cadet; officer cadet
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
hair (of the head); pubic hair
rejection (of an application)
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
mental derangement; insanity; psychosis
directions; instructions; usage method
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)