to concern; to be related
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to show signs of; to appear
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
after that; afterwards; thereafter
delay; putting off; procrastination
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
poor correspondent; apparent disdain of (or trouble with) writing; someone who appears to dislike (or be poor at) writing
thorough; exhaustive; complete
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
weak point; unskillfulness
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
fainting; losing consciousness; passing out; syncope
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
to rest one's chin in one's hands
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
the front; honest; upright; decent
decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
attacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill); samurai who tries out his sword on a passerby
reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; browsing (to a file or folder)
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit