rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to set (sun); to become dark
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
to finish reading; to read through
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
video game (played on a home console)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
(constructed) shogi problem; shogi puzzle
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
to copy (down); to transcribe
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
January; first month of the lunar calendar
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to mistake (for something or someone else); to be unable to recognize
rising; ascending; climbing
to make a move; to move a piece (e.g. in shogi)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
badger; Eurasian badger (Meles meles); anaguma castle (defensive opening)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
learning by watching others; learning by imitation; following by example
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...