examination; consideration; test; quiz
recommendation; referral; endorsement
study; pursuit of knowledge
retiring from military service
sharing a room, flat, apartment, or house (with roommates, flatmates, etc.)
small scale production model kit (e.g. for figurines)
windfall; piece of good luck
division into groups; separation into classes (e.g. of schoolchildren according to ability)
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
pi (Greek letter); pi (constant)
pie; tart; palmier (pastry)
plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick; drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
to be thankful; to feel grateful; to show one's gratitude
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
to end one's life; to end one's days; to die
projection; reflection; image; match; harmony
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to put (wood, coal, paper, etc.) into the fire; to throw on the fire; to add to the fire; to burn
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
catercorner; diagonally opposite
(with) broad horizontal stripes of different colors; unevenness
mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
to hang (something) on the wall
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
throne; first place; top spot; championship
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
musculus triceps surae; triceps muscle of the calf