printing; typing; printed character; typed character; character(s) carved onto a seal
cognitive impairment; senility; dementia
master; masterhand; maestro
to strain (one's stomach); to bear down (during childbirth); to push down
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; becoming invalid or void after a set time; ageing; aging
(one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.); initial; first
unsettled; pending; unresolved
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
to make a fool of someone
yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover
cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; dental caries
in person; personally; directly
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
study of foreign languages; linguistics
assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon
rare; uncommon; not often seen
scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)
to lead someone around by the nose
patient's chart; clinical records; record (e.g. student, equipment maintenance, etc.)
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit