reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
stark naked; completely naked; nude
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
rut; wheel track; furrow; groove; (fig.) footsteps; (fig.) wake
to be relieved; to feel relieved
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure
latch; clasp; catch; check; fastener
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
loins; hips; pelvic region; waist
accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect
to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
matter causing distress; something causing worry
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve
spelling; orthography; file; pad; bundle
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
school education; formal education
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
walking briskly; determinedly
to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose
to this extent; to this degree; this much
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
speaking tube; voice pipe
(regular) route; fixed route; specified route; suggested route
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
barrier wall; bulkhead; partition; septum; diaphragm