destination (one is heading towards); goal
guidance; leadership; leading the way
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
number (of long, cylindrical things, movies, trains, home runs, etc.)
midwinter; dead of winter
extended game; overtime; extra time; extra innings
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
strength training; resistance training; muscle-building
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
at a loss for words; stumped for words
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)