reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
clergyman; churchman; clergy
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; formation of frost
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
number one; first; best; most; game; round
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
wooden hammer; wooden mallet
with a bump; with a clunk; yelp (e.g. of a fox); bark; howl
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)
fat; tallow; lard; grease