qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
to be found; to be discovered
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency
information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
second day of the month; two days
changing clothes; change of clothes
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
Eurasian continent; Eurasia
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
archipelago; group of islands
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
inexcusable; unjustifiable; sorry; remorseful; excuse me; (I'm) sorry
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation