topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
frontmost; a short time ago; a little while ago; just now
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
until now; so far; up to the present
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to have a narrow escape from death
before it happens; previously
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
first of all; in the first place
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
(arch.) indicates emphasis, intention, etc.; indicates emphasis, intention, etc.
to drop; to light; to kindle; to make tea
that is to say; so that means
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
family; members of a family
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
heartlessness; inhumanity
courteous reception; honorable treatment; honourable treatment
to attempt; to test; to try out
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
NaK (sodium-potassium alloy)
to stamp; to engrave; to inscribe
lack of ability; incompetence; incapacity
being a victim of (some disaster); suffering from
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
day in and day out; all the time
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
appointment; assignment; promotion