rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
essay on poetry; theory of poetry
to dispose of; to sell off
one's house; one's home; one's family
to have a comeback for every remark; to be always ready with excuses; to contradict everything
endurance; perseverance; patience
prime minister; premier; chancellor
influence; clout; leverage
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
thick (esp. paper, cloth)
thickly; stickily; viscously
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
fat; tallow; lard; grease
cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
conclusion; end; completion; summing up; supervision
freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government)
motive power; driving force
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
counterclockwise rotation; anti-clockwise rotation; CCW
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
spirit world; underworld; the next world
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
pile; stilt; column; building raised on columns
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
General Winter; hard winter; Jack Frost
Napoleon; napoleon (Japanese card game)
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction