essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
return of something; repayment
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
each day; from day to day; day-to-day
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
waypoint (e.g. with a GPS); checkpoint
law department; law school
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
real thing; original; actual
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
to happen to have on hand or in stock