character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
wanted poster; wanted person bulletin; search instructions
ago; since; before; previous
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
to practice magic; to practise magic
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
in person; personally; directly
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
bonus; bounty; reward; compensation
to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
half-human and half-beast
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
wild goose; glans; head of a penis
call of a wild goose; wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus); tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
five most important temples of a region
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
surroundings; environs; circumference
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
east, west, south and north
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture