to move forward; to move on
tips of one's hair; hair ends
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to examine someone's expression
China and Japan; the middle day; the equinoctial day
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
thrift; economy; frugality
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
clear writing; specification