to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology); phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
primary school; elementary school; grade school
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
senior high school; high school
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
finding employment; getting a job
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
solitude; loneliness; isolation
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
so; like this; in this way
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
attendance; presence; appearance
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)