two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to run about; to rush about
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
for example; for instance; e.g.
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
junior high school student; middle school pupil
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
audience; spectator; spectators
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
answer sheet; blank answer paper; examination paper; test paper
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
terrible luck; very bad luck
capsule toy; vending machine toy; gacha; loot box; loot crate
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
death from explosion; death from bombing; bombing (in sales); flopping
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
sword; blade; single stroke
to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)