singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg); one piece of sushi
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
in succession; one after another
to blacken; to make black
experience; history; record; career
to ask a question; to ask questions
leaving (e.g. a courtroom, workplace); exiting; withdrawal (e.g. from a superior's presence)
family name; lineage; birth; clan
disclosure; exposure; revelation
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
slightest notice; slightest consideration; slightest attention; a little thought; glance
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
(personnel) change; transfer; relocation; reassignment; reshuffle
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
nothing but; except; no more than
to take precautions; to set a guard against attack
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to become sullen; to sulk; to get angry; to peel (off); to come off
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
birdhouse; nest box; bird box; beehive
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
VIP; very important person
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
exposure by washing away; washing out; exposed aggregate (finish); exposed aggregate concrete; revealing the grain of cedar boards by washing and scrubbing; finding out (after an extensive search or investigation)
reorganization; reorganisation
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime