club activities; extracurricular activities
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
please (give me); please (do for me)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to become dim; to become blurred
quick-witted; quick to understand
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
absorption; suction; attraction
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman