severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
practical; pragmatic; hands-on; nuts and bolts
swimming ability; swimming ability certification
training; practice; practising; cultivation
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
admonitory speech (e.g. to students); words of admonition
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
pupil; student; schoolchild
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
all; entire; whole; altogether
three; three years of age
banquet or reception hall
second-year student; biennial
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
life; living; I; me; student
mid-season crops; mid-season rice; mid-season vegetables
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of