to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to knead well; to polish; to refine
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
tear gland; lacrimal gland
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
style of tie-dyeing used during the Nara era
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
to be able to manage somehow or another
approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy (person); lackadaisical
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
hydroplane (submarines); diving plane; diving rudder
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old