to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
large saw; framed pit saw
export; exportation; efferent
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
set of three; three sets; three classes
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
to extract essence by boiling; to extract flavor; to decoct
to apologize; to apologise
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
capable of anything; liable to do
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
sincere; honest; faithful
tender-hearted; compassionate; charitable; good-hearted
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
cooked rice; something one never grows tired of
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
just (applies to set number of items, instances, etc.)
to complain; to pester; to plead; to beg
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
to beat time; to mark time
small token (of gratitude); my (humble) feelings
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
to draft; to write a rough copy
coloured paper; colored paper
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle