anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
remainder; remnant; not very; not much; too much; excessively
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to finish reading; to read through
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person