unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
in perfect form; going swimmingly
invitation; bringing over; bringing about; giving rise to; causing
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; attachment; contact play; sound effect produced by striking a wooden board with clappers
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; point; site; point (in scoring); point (in a loyalty program); points
junior high school student; middle school pupil
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
to make an appearance; to show up
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
results; record; grades; marks
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
rave reviews; extremely high praise
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
mental derangement; madness; insanity
to call; to summon; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to buy
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
horseplay; fooling around
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyo; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president