plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
to hide; to conceal oneself
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
all but dead; half killed
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State
swallow's nest; swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...