straight talk; plain speaking; speaking frankly
hedge; fence; border; limit
embarkation; boarding (an aeroplane, airplane)
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
to touch; to finger; to play with; (arch.) to tease; (arch.) to make fun of
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
to follow another's example
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to make one's own; to take possession of
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
knowing; (an) acquaintance
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
automatic; intransitive verb
defense; defence; protection
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
to crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on