to complain; to make a complaint
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
marks or dots written alongside a word to indicate stress or draw the reader's attention; emphasis mark; guiding marks written beside kanji to facilitate reading of kanbun
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
shallow knowledge; superficial learning
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
human kindness; human weakness
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
middle period; medium-term
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
material (data) for one's research; research material
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
empty (e.g. argument); insubstantial; hollow; fruitless
avoidance of responsibility; shirking (one's) responsibility
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic