search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
in the following manner; as follows
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
to be saved up (of money)
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
minority group (party); minority
large number (of); many; majority
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
after school (at the end of the day)
library (usu. single-room); small library
silence (not speaking); muteness
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
same village; same town; same province
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out