intention; plan; purpose; belief; assumption; thought
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
polishing (a piece of writing); improvement; revision; refinement
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)
hating; strongly disliking
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate
rereading; reading again; reading a single kanji twice (with different pronunciations) in kanbun
price; cost; value; worth; value
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
notes; comment; remark; annotation
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
dictation; verbal statement
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
either way; in any case; one way or another
to beat; to batter; to pummel
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor; ham actor
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time)
mixed race; mixed parentage
foster father; adoptive father
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
definite decision; final decision
to become settled; to be fixed
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
completely; thoroughly; decisively; unsparingly; beyond recognition; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
wandering; roaming; drifting