exemption; exoneration; discharge
as soon as possible; ASAP; even a little early
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
manicure; nail polish; nail varnish
matching clothing worn by couples
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
leone (currency of Sierra Leone)
isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment)
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
mountain range; mountain belt
being dotted about; being scattered; being interspersed
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
hard to reach place; remote place
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
to manage a state; to govern a country
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing