managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
your husband; her husband
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
mountain river; mountain stream
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
two persons; two people; pair; couple