quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
major subject; special study
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
university student; college student
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
second (unit of time); arc second
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
eternal; unlimited; endless
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament