arm; skill; efforts; ability
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to employ; to hire; to charter
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
parts; accessories; components
foreign; abroad; overseas
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
lightly; easily; carelessly
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
father; dad; husband; you; he
factory; plant; mill; workshop
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
loquat (Eriobotrya japonica); Japanese medlar
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to be found; to be discovered
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to redeem (from sin); to save