to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
to have no chance (of succeeding)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
harming one's image; worsening of one's image
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
sound of a gunshot; report of a gun
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to do; to commit; to carry out; to bring about
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
function; facility; faculty; feature
general mobilization; full mobilization
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement; views that never cross
lack of physical exercise; insufficient exercise; inactivity
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift