(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
second (unit of time); arc second
going around; patrol; round; tour
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
things at hand; personal belongings
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
February; second month of the lunar calendar
second grade; second class; secondary
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
third grade; third class; tertiary
(arch.) dismissal; (arch.) discharge
work; business; company; study
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
movie; film; motion picture
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
participation; joining; entry
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
after a long time; for the first time in a while
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
virginity (of a male); (male) virgin; (Catholic) nun; sister