sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
Alice band; (horseshoe-shaped) headband (worn over the forehead); hairband
cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty
parting (of people); separation; farewell; breakup
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
counter for books; volume
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
actor; actress; player; performer
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
carving; engraving; sculpture
mother of a holy person; Holy Mother; Virgin Mary; Our Lady
image; figure; figure; form; image
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
primary school; elementary school; grade school
nasal discharge; nasal mucus; snot; booger; bogey
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
Soto school (of Zen Buddhism)
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
exhibit; article on display; showpiece
the more one looks (at it) the more ...
sun (approx. 3 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
to pile up; to accumulate
spelling; orthography; file; pad; bundle
including ...; inclusive of ...; bundling together (items of different size, quality, etc.); lumping together; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
several sheets (flat objects)
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering