to begin to attend (e.g. school)
even if; even though; however; no matter how
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
capacity; volume; capacitance
one's impression of a product after trying it out; feel of a product (during use); usability; signs of use (of a product); wear and tear
route; way; course; directions
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
bungalow; one-story house
manufacturing; craftsmanship; build
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
endless; boundless; everlasting
without leaving any trace
ho-ho-ho (e.g. Santa Claus)
living by oneself; living alone
fittings that open and close (doors, windows, shoji, fusuma, etc.); fixtures
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
order; sequence; procedure
review; reconsideration; revision
skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
smelling of earth; rustic
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
level ground; plain; flatland
raised-floor-style (granary, truck, etc.)
automatic; intransitive verb
even scale; equilibrium; balance; equalization; equalisation
slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck