cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
young person; youth; young
director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
absence; disregard; indifference
close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
each; (arch.) you (plural)
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
generous; magnanimous; open-handed; liberal
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
a little less than; a little under; weakness; the weak; -lower (seismic intensity)
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
change of attitude (stance, position); lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
one's social standing; one's position; one's place; one's station in life
once upon a time; a long time ago
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
to soothe; to calm; to pacify