trade; business; occupation; profession; job
the "ka" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ka, ki, ku, ke, ko)
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
strength; power; proficiency; ability
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
everywhere; at every turn
being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
increasing daily; increasing day by day; foodstuffs left out for many days
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
oppression; suppression; pressure
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
surrounding at a distance
supply line; supply of provisions
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
difficult to ...; hard to ...
orders; instructions; directive; command
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
before long; in a few days
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)