difficult (to obtain, receive permission, access, etc.); tough (to do, etc.)
bureaucratic organization; bureaucracy
(philosophy of) not rocking the boat; (principle of) letting sleeping dogs lie
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
purificatory font at shrines and temples; kitchen; cupboard; room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed; vendor of drinking water; building for taking refuge during a flood
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
pot (esp. teapot, coffee pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
green tea; green leaf tea; non-powdered tea (as opposed to matcha); medium-grade green tea
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
next; secondly; subsequently
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
third-year student; third-year pupil
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
genuine; authentic; true; real
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
correction (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform; straightening (of teeth)
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
true state; actual condition; reality
watershed; divide; turning point; watershed (moment); moment of truth
to continue without end; to go on to eternity
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing
examination of a body to determine if a crime has been committed; investigation (e.g. of a crime scene)
settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)
post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD
diagnosis; medical examination
to quit one's job; to resign
wandering (around); roaming; loitering; prowling; hanging around
falling to one's death; death from a fall