to show up; to appear; to turn up
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
bodyguard (of a noble or high-ranking official); guard; attendant; aide; statues of guards that flank the gate of a shrine
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
sooner or later; in time; eventually
ten; 10; ten years of age
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
tanka appendage to a long poem
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
originally; by nature; from the start
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
weight; heavyweight boxer
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
to take into consideration; to bear in mind