to try and do something; to attempt to do something
and (also); both ... and; as well as
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
semicircle; hemicycle; half globe; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)
rather; better; instead; if anything
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to cut open; to cut apart; to divide; to split
to push aside; to brush aside
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
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
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
one revolution; one rotation
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
behind; in the rear; in back
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
bursting and scattering; popping and being dispersed
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
eight (long cylindrical things)
bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu; instant; instantaneous