pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
contract; compact; agreement
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
border (between countries); national border
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
festival merrymaking; revelry
to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
to be helpful; to be useful
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
never mind!; don't worry about it
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...