to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
last week; the week before
February; second month of the lunar calendar
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
turning into a cooler state; cooling down
when it becomes; when it comes to
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
senior high school; high school
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
almost; roughly; approximately
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
school; school building; schoolhouse
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
attendance (at school); going to school
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
pupil; student; schoolchild
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result