Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
training; drill; practice; discipline
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
study; research; investigation
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to smash violently; to crush
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
single word; a few words; brief comment
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
wherein; therein; thereinto
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed