to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
lodging host; lodging place
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
good wife and wise mother
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
good prospects; full of hope; promising
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
finding employment; getting a job
selection; choice; option
the teaching profession; education of laity
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
incorporated foundation; juridical foundation
something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar