plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
graduation ceremony; commencement
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
signature pose; trademark pose
to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
real intention; true motive; true meaning
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop; chop (in tennis or table tennis); chop stroke
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
smooth (i.e. without problems)
yukata; light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe
system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to put on (clothing); (lit.) to put (one's arms) through the sleeves
to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit
one plot (of land); one (city) block; one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
to encamp; to take up positions
to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration; memory; matching pairs
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)