inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.); sensitivity (of film)
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
to backfire; to have a harmful result
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
official bulletin board (esp. Edo period); highest bid; highest tender; your letter
historic landmark; historic site; historic remains
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success
Sugawara no Michizane (845-903)
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
Mecca; Makkah; mecca; centre for some field or activity (center)
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
Kanda myoujin - shrine near Ochanomizu station, Tokyo
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
exchange of blows; long rally
the hundredth year; out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope; rare chance; unusually good fortune
connector cable; connection cable
brain waves; electroencephalogram; EEG
meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
on rare occasions; once in a blue moon
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
splitting the cost; Dutch treat
draft; rough copy; highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
Tengyō era (938.5.22-947.4.22); Tenkei era
nakamise; shops lining a passageway in the precincts of a Shinto shrine
to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step
countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel