to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to miss a chance; to fail to do
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
though; even if; whether ... or ...
please; somehow or other; one way or another
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
chief; main; principal; important
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
in the same way as; just like
tenth day of the month; ten days
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient