letter; missive; note; mail
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)
news; word; tidings; omen
executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
all; entire; whole; altogether
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
department (faculty) of literature
decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
generation; the world; the age
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
newly created character; newly introduced (kanji) character (in a textbook); new character form; shinjitai
correctly written character; kanji used with its original meaning; traditional kanji; unsimplified kanji
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
for example; for instance; e.g.
(one) letter; (one) character
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
kanji "road" or "advance" radical (radical 162)
kanji "ear" radical at left
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
besides; in addition; also; moreover
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
race (of people); type of person
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)