mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
back country; remote countryside
being isolated and helpless; fighting (struggling) alone and unassisted
pomegranate (Punica granatum)
to establish an emotional bond with; to reach out to; to relate to
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
to set up; to raise; to nominate; to choose as a representative; to push; to shove
to succeed to someone's post; to take someone's place; to take over someone's position; to step into someone's shoes
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
broken piece; below (a certain level, point, quantity, etc.); dropping below; illegal downloading and distribution of commercial software; warez
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
civilian in military employ
bipartite; in two parts; double
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
breaking off relations; disconnection; insulation (esp. electrical); isolation
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to give someone space; to give someone breathing room; to cut someone some slack; to provide leeway; to provide an opportunity
food and drink; eating and drinking
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
disliking people similar to oneself
lily of the valley (Convallaria keiskei)
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; (arch.) provincial school (under Japan's ritsuryo system and pre-Sui Chinese law)
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end