place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
another day; some other day
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
playing cards; mahjong tiles made of animal bone
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
fascination; glamour; glamor; enchantment; seduction
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
mistress; kept woman; concubine
question; inquiry; asking
verbal promise; one's word
horsefly and bee; horsefly and wasp
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
myself; yourself; I; me; you
just because; even if; even though
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
indeed; really; truly; very much
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
express messenger; postman; mailman; courier
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
beautiful legs; great legs
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
river; stream; River; the ... river
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall