to check; to stop; to keep back
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
clear; distinct; evident; definite
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
practice; practising; experience
lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping); brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata)
intractable (diseases); hard to cure; rebellious; insurgent; refractory
sweetbread; thymus or pancreas (esp. of a calf or a lamb)
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
to do mischief; to use abusive language
the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol); drink; drinking party
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)
group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (often ex-convicts or vagrants); non-human
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
round box for apportioning individual rice servings
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)
good humour (humor); good mood