secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
curtain; hanging; veil (of darkness, mystery, etc.); mantle
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
day by day; every day; by the day
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
rather than; more ... than ...
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
occurrence; happening; incident; event
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to skip over (while reading); to skim
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to read smoothly; to skim
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
to put into effect; to put into practice
longed-for; anxiously awaited
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment