public affair; government matter; duke; prince; Sir; Lord
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
prudent; thoughtful; discreet
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
image; figure; figure; form; image
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
while; during; while; although; all; both
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
cavity; hollow; cave; hollow
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
(piece of) type; movable type; moveable type; printed word; printed matter; print
existence; being; presence
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
territory; domain; dominion; possession
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
bullet; round; lost messenger; truant messenger; bull's-eye (candy); hitman
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
ruining a country; ruined country
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
disintegration; self-destruction
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows