request; favour (to ask); wish; please
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal
round; spherical; circular
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to feel; to sense; to experience
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
damp; moist (negative nuance)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to understand from experience
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
strong pressure; heavy pressure
banknote; bill; note; paper money
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
alternative means (alternate); alternative method
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
to look away; to avert one's eyes
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
essence; true nature; substance; reality
rejection; negation; voting down
enraged outcry; loud protest; being bitterly criticized by others; being loudly denounced by others
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge