to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to pluck; to pick; to tear
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
from the viewpoint of; according to
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
consideration (for others); (making) allowance
quirk of fate; curious coincidence; happy chance
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
yacht (esp. a sailing boat with one mast); sailing boat; sailboat
cruiser (i.e. warship or cabin cruiser)
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk