check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
life-prolonging treatment
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to take command; to give direction
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
drifting; drift; being adrift
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
primary significance; primary importance; first principle; absolute truth; ultimate truth
to resuscitate; to revive; to regain consciousness; to come round
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to drag around; to pull about; to lead around (by the nose)
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
affirmative vote; yes vote; aye
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching
constant; invariable; chronic; everlasting
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to increase; to add to; to augment
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
rash assumption; hasty conclusion
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
children's story; fairy tale