settlement (of affairs);  remedial measures;  cleaning up afterwards
 tender;  kind;  gentle;  graceful;  affectionate;  amiable
 to live;  to exist;  to make a living;  to subsist;  to be in effect;  to be in use
 to stick;  to paste;  to stretch;  to spread;  to form (e.g. ice on a pond);  to fill;  to swell
 how;  in what way;  how about;  questionable
 chō-han bakuchi;  gambling game in which two dice are thrown and players bet on whether the total is odd or even
 gambling;  gaming;  speculation;  undertaking a risky venture; (arch.)  professional gambler; (arch.)  gamester
 as is;  as it is;  as things are;  like this;  this way;  at this rate
 chance (of success);  odds
 dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon);  naga;  semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology;  promoted rook
 distinction;  differentiation;  discrimination;  discrimination (against people)
 to get carried away;  to get overly elated;  to become over-excited;  to get up to speed;  to move into gear
 to decide;  to choose;  to clinch (a victory);  to decide (the outcome of a match);  to persist in doing;  to go through with;  to always do
 in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works);  reminiscent of;  attached or stretched on
 smallness;  small item;  short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days);  elementary school;  smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name);  inferior;  younger (of two people with the same name)
 to go smoothly;  to turn out well;  to do the trick;  to have peaceful relations
 (sound of) laughter;  laughing voice
 such ... as;  or some such
 performing a surgical operation
 truth;  reality;  sincerity;  honesty;  content;  substance
 flower;  blossom;  cherry blossom;  beauty;  blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms);  ikebana;  hanafuda
 to be silent;  to say nothing
 water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water);  fluid (esp. in an animal tissue);  liquid;  flood;  floodwaters;  water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
 habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice);  tendency;  peculiarity;  idiosyncrasy;  crease;  wrinkle
 context (of a passage);  line of thought;  context;  environment;  circumstances
 major surgery;  major operation
 (good) result;  outcome;  fruits (of one's labors);  product;  accomplishment
 gateway to success;  opening to honours;  opening to honors
 so;  like this;  in this way
 anxiety;  uneasiness;  worry;  apprehension;  fear;  insecurity
 declining;  refusal;  nonacceptance;  turning down;  withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy);  pulling out (e.g. of a race)
 is that so? (generally rhetorical)
 too;  also;  still;  as before;  even so;  either way
 parting;  separation;  farewell
 lonely;  lonesome;  solitary;  desolate
 alright;  all right;  right on;  looking good;  OK;  okay
 best;  extra-fine;  exceptionally;  extraordinarily;  jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
 was it?;  I think it was ...;  if I've got it right;  (I, we) used to ...;  I remember ...;  it was ...
 detente;  easing of tensions;  thaw
 effect;  efficacy;  virtue;  benefit
 to make a lovely picture;  to be perfect for a picture;  picture-perfect;  picturesque
 to begin;  to start;  to happen (again);  to begin (anew);  to date (from);  to originate (in)
 real intention;  true motive;  true will;  original intention;  original purpose;  original hope
 faint;  dim;  weak;  poor;  wretched;  meagre