open; public; official; overt
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
progress; being under way
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing
diagonal move (in the game of go)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
forgetting; lapse of memory
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
beginning; outset; first; onset
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
handle; mistress; kept woman; concubine
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
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