joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
aptitude; aptness; suitability
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
another time; some other time
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
all over Japan; throughout Japan
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
deep (of emotions, connections, etc.)
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
relatively; comparatively
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
odds and ends; all; every
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)