cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
thousands; several thousand
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
archery; mapping; map; morphism
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
person from (the planet of)
original story; original version; this volume
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to be annoying; to be troublesome; to be a burden
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
later on; eventually; afterwards
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout