integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical