department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
quotation; citation; reference
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
to become clear; to be made public
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
exemption; exoneration; discharge
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
neighboring prefectures; nearby prefectures
cosmetic surgery; aesthetic surgery
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
fax; facsimile; fax machine