operation (of machine); operating; running; working
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably
function; facility; faculty; feature
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
getting carried away; going too far; overdoing
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
wherein; therein; thereinto
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
unable to resist; unable to suppress
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
Elliot (South Africa); Eliot; Eliott; Elyot
that kind; competition; match
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
speech and conduct; words and deeds
being seen here and there; appearing in various places
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
scientific basis; scientific foundation; scientific grounds
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku