stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
evening meal; dinner; supper
one grain; one drop; one bead
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
to lick off; to take (something) off by licking
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
neighbourhood; neighborhood; all sides; frontiers (of a country); four sides (of a shape)
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
low Japanese-style desk (for reading and writing)
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
circulation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (of air, water, etc.); ventilation; flow
junior high school student; middle school pupil
citizen; civics (school subject)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture; desk study
bottom; buttocks; bidet function (for anal cleansing)
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
first thing in the afternoon
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to lay out a futon; to make a bed
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
changing clothes; change of clothes
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
regulars; regular soldiers