because of; owing to; due to
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
accuracy of fire (gun, missile, etc.)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
tool; implement; means; furniture
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
(arch.) switch (long, tender shoot of a plant); switch (cane used for flogging)
all things are in a state of flux; everything is constantly changing
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
unable to stay healthy; ruining one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
medical care; medical treatment
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...