to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
graduation ceremony; commencement
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan
women and children; woman; grown woman; wife
to badger; to pester; to beg
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
end of term; end of semester
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
romantic; spicy; coquettish
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
farming; agriculture; cultivation
fields (of rice and other crops)
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly