platform; home; home base; home plate
taking in; bringing in; capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; confusion; bustle
monolith; large slab of rock
(period of) a year; during an era
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
total situation fully understood; understood; agreed
certainly; surely; definitely
opinion; intention; thought
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
to be silent; to say nothing
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
older brother and younger sister
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
biological younger sister
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
just one person; only one
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
matter for great congratulation
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless