substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to start for home; to head for home; to make for home
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
to begin; to set about; to start
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
magnolia (Magnolia obovata); Japanese big leaf magnolia
twig used in grafting; budwood
to join; to piece together; to set (bones); to graft (onto a tree)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to make a cut; to make an incision; to score (food)
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
stock (in grafting); wood used as a platform (or base, etc.); block (i.e. chopping block); (gun) stock
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
opposite side; opposition
to join together; to patch together
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
section; cross section; profile
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
to pick something out (nose, hole, etc.); to pry (into people's private affairs)
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
hot spring; mineral spring; salon offering beauty treatments, weight reduction, relaxation, etc.; spaghetti
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
nature; property; disposition
how long; how far; how much
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus