to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
comparatively; relatively
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
inside one's heart; in one's mind
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
bad habit; bad custom; evil practice; vice
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
re-education; retraining; in-service training
formula; prescribed form; established formality
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
not only that, but also; besides that; in addition to that; on top of that; furthermore
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
keyboard (piano, computer, etc.)
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
table of logarithms; log table; log tables
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
100,000; hundred thousand
8000; eight thousand; many
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
yearbook; almanac; annual