to lecture; to give a lesson
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
past days; bygone days; days of yore; while still alive; during one's lifetime
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
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
clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
numerator; molecule; member; element
to wash clean; to cleanse
Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
to be worried; to be troubled
meaningless; insignificance
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
party; set; gang; company; person
frivolity; superficiality; fickleness; lack of substance
establishing oneself in life; success in life
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
grave maintenance; grave keeper
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death
Buddhist memorial service
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
property; fortune; assets
control; management (e.g. of a business)