reality; actuality; hard fact
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
hometown; rural township (of China)
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
duchy; dukedom; principality
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
standing; reserve; always having ready
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
distribution of assignments
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
last moves (in go, shogi, or chess); endgame; gathering; collecting; coming together
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
work; labor; labour; toil
to be prosperous; to prosper; to flourish; to enjoy great prosperity
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
recommendation of an influential person
(arch.) lowly person; (arch.) lowliness; I
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
sword worn on the hip; something worn on the hip (e.g. sword, pill box, money pouch)
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
second generation; second; junior
pressure; oppression; suppression
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
one's own property; possessions