sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
absorption; suction; attraction
to heat; to heat up; to get excited; to get worked up; to get fired up
iron plate; steel plate; sure thing; certain winner
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
study; pursuit of knowledge
will; desire; eagerness; interest; drive; motivation
to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); moving back to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
living together (of two people)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
to use one's own money; to pay for from one's own pocket
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)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
besides; in addition; also; moreover
educational institution; school; academy; campus
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to await; to wait for; to expect
time; hour; period; class
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task
damply; moistly; clammily; stickily
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down