convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
disembarkation; getting off a ship; going ashore
to talk; to chat; to chatter
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
wharf; bridge; jetty; pier
suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between
important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
generation; lifetime; age
abdomen; stomach; under parts
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
(ship or shipbuilding) timber or plank
to be conspicuous; to stand out
somewhere (very vague); someplace (very vague)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
lacquerer; lacquer craftsman; lacquer artist
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
(arch.) to wear on the head; to have cloth, clothing, etc. bestowed upon one by their lord or master; to wear such cloth on the left shoulder; to be injured
fire chief's car; command vehicle
praise and censure; public criticisms
breaking off relations; disconnection; insulation (esp. electrical); isolation
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
without cause; without reason
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound