dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
school festival; campus festival
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
sterilization by boiling; sterilisation by boiling
distance in a straight line
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
unthinking; thoughtless; heedless; inconsiderate
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth rank (in martial arts, go, etc.)
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
apathetic; lackadaisical; spiritless; physically weak; feeble; effeminate
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
athletics; sports; adventure course; (outdoor) obstacle course
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than