image; figure; figure; form; image
to arrest; to capture; to seize
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
anything and everything; just about everything
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
fateful; decisive (e.g. war)
Earth Dragon (5th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1928, 1988, 2048)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)