to walk in on; to tread upon
ancestor; forefather; foremother
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
whatever the case; under any circumstances
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter