double circle (indicating "very good" on a piece of school work)
Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
older sister and younger brother
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
(arch.) to sink; (arch.) to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
White Day (March 14); day for giving white chocolate and other presents to female coworkers and friends in return for gifts received on Valentine's day
quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
diamond dust; ice crystals
older sister; lass; young lady
dish made with pork belly and bones, simmered with miso, sake, vegetables, etc. (from Kagoshima)
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
unwillingly; reluctantly; against one's will
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
going up and down; going back and forth
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
blow-drying; blow; punch; brow; blow; playing an instrument (esp. in jazz)
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.; tying a cloth around one's head
besides; moreover; in addition
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
Yama; judge of the afterlife
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
different opinion; objection
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
modern times; the modern age; this day and age