to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to be dead; to be lifeless
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
had better ...; had better not ...
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
directly opposite; right in front
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
no!; no no!; no, not at all
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
right side; style of Japanese court music
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)