unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
killing an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; blood offering; killing violently; bloodbath; victimizing
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
festival; feast; carnival
caster; newscaster; news anchor; anchorman
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
chair; stool; post; office; position
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to like too much; to like to excess; to adore
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
seven times; many times; seventh (interval)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
castle site; ruins of a castle
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
torii; Shinto shrine archway
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow