sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
notables; dignitaries; illustrious families; clear; plain; obvious
occasionally; now and then; from time to time
counter used with Sino-Japanese words
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
to be engrossed; to be enthralled
counter used with Sino-Japanese words
bubble on the surface of water; (coming to) nothing; naught; something short-lived
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. someone's head); to pour liquid (on something); to dash liquid (over something); to plate (something) with metal; to cover (with a dental crown); to add (e.g. music to a video)
to tear off; to strip off; to rip off; to rob (someone) of (clothes); to divest (someone) of (powers, rank, etc.)
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
to run away; to escape safely
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
feminine handwriting; woman's hand
in time of need; for a rainy day; in case of emergency
no; nay; disagreement; objection; disapproval
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
longed-for; anxiously awaited
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)