to look old; to become musty; to wear out
broken; intermittent; disconnected
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
educational policies or administration; Bunsei era (1818.4.22-1830.12.10)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); private-sector scholar
to be accustomed to reading
typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
woman; female; feminine gender
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding
to make a lasting impression
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices