writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
how dare ...; how could ...
patient's condition; pathology
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
quick; rapid; swift; satisfactory
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
same village; same town; same province
to be dampened; to be discouraged; to be weakened; to be reduced
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
vigor; vigour; ardor; ardour; high spirits
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
snake; serpent; large snake
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter
to gain fame; to make one's name
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
outsider; someone outside of a group
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl