science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
(medical) doctor; physician
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
middle of the night; dead of night
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
lameness; cripple; mismatched pair (of shoes, etc.)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
future (usually near); prospects
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
military personnel; soldier
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
and then; and so; and; so then