calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to beat to death; to kill
cliche; platitude; formula; set phrase
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
mho (unit of conductance)
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
armor piercing ammunition; armour piercing ammunition
(electrical) ground; earth; grounding; touching the ground; landing (an airplane)
monkey wrench; adjustable wrench; shifting spanner
homeroom; form room; form class
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
to make an appeal; to urge
deformity; distortion; disability; word written at the end of a letter
silver ring; bicycle wheel; bicycle
territorial dispute; territorial issue
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
hard-liners; diehards; hawks
moderate faction; moderates
South Korea and the United States; Korean-American
(of) Japanese descent; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
pregnancy; conception; gestation