training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; sudden; abrupt
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
next term; next period; next version; next release
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple); abbot
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
just because; even if; even though
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
what kind of; what sort of; what
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
irresponsible; blithe; heedless; devil-may-care; sloppy; slipshod
important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
12 signs of the Chinese zodiac
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest