career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
Hatton (Sri Lanka); Hutton
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
rīchi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed; being one step away from completing something (winning, losing, game over, etc.)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
Japanese ash (Fraxinus japonica)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
counter for generations; epoch
laws and regulations; legislation
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
above-mentioned; above-named; above
one's possessions; ownership
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana)
blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); sloe
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness