war; battle; match; game; competition
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
repose of a soul; ceremony for the repose of a departed soul
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
by means of; due to; because of; according to
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
literally; to the letter; literal
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
polite; courteous; hospitable
for example; for instance; e.g.
misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
thought; consideration; thinking