to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
noncommittal; equivocal; indecisive; evasive; ambiguous; vague
iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
conjecture; guesswork; guess
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
temporary closure (of a shop, etc.); extra holiday; special holiday
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
by today; before the day is over
deviation; departure; omission
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
by all means; by all costs
to be able to manage somehow or another
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
real thing; original; actual
sympathy; empathy; response