chickweed (Stellaria sp.); stitchwort
Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica); flowering bamboo
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
it is none of one's business; it is not one's place to say (do) something
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle; three-way fight; three-sided struggle
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled
to count on one's fingers
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
support; backing; aid; assistance
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
recommendation; referral; endorsement
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
student body; student council
power; authority; jurisdiction
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
loved one; lover; sweetheart
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
message; informative matter
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin