grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
absence; disregard; indifference
scenery; scene; landscape
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
outside the school; outside the university; unaffiliated with the university; off-campus; extramural
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
hello; good day; good afternoon
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
for today; for the time being
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
being highly educated, having a high salary and being tall; (lit.) three highs; high-valued yen, high stock prices and high land prices (usu. in reference to Japan's "bubble era")
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war