direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
time; hour; period; class
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
it is not (like that) either
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
suffix for familiar person
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
please (give me); please (do for me)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
such; this sort of; like this
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
(some) more; even more; longer; further
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
practice; practising; experience
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
flood; freshet; inundation
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
in that way; thus; so; so?
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
at that time; in those days
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with