understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
infiltration; permeation; exudation; percolation; effusion; extraction
forming a chow by picking up a tile discarded by another player
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
what people say; rumours; public opinion
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
being postponed; being repeatedly put off; being delayed
kanji "strike" radical at right (radical 66)
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
approval; acceptance; recognition; private seal; signet
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
price; cost; value; worth; value
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
returning to (one's home in) Tokyo; returning to (one's home in) the capital
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
acquaintanceship; vijnana; consciousness; written by...
effect; result; worth; use; avail
nonviolence; non-harming; ahimsa
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
in that respect; on that point; in that regard
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday