authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to intervene; to stop (something)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; makeover; updating
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
to repeatedly admonish; to tell over and over
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to run out (e.g. of the room)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
taking care of one's health; recuperation; covering (with a protective material); coating; curing (concrete)
patient; unhurried; leisurely
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time