cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
to take away; to carry off
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
accurate; correct; precise; exact
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
randoseru; firm-sided leather (or synthetic leather) backpack used by elementary school children
pencil case; pencil box; writing brush case
sickle and chain (weapon)
omission; slip; error; definition (of photograph); sharpness; clarity (sound)
hook-and-loop fastener; Velcro
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
secret; private; surreptitious
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
evening meal; dinner; supper
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
secret; private; surreptitious
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
descendant; progeny; offspring
our country; our land; one's own country
middle palace guard (ritsuryō system)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
forevermore; for eternity
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
quarreling; wrangling; argument; fuss
just now; a moment ago; this very minute