needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
at that very moment; at precisely that time; just when
eighth day of the month; eight days
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
main shrine; inner sanctuary
door; gate; opening; title page
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
persistence; single-mindedness
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
to order; to command; to appoint
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
peace; tranquility; tranquillity
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
season (in nature, sports, etc.); seasonal word or phrase (in haiku); year
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
retort; back talk; backchat
have it your way; to hell with you!; get rooted!; bugger you!
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary