repair; mending; fixing; servicing
wages; pay; rental payment
to need; to call for; to require
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
grasp; catch; understanding
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
arbitration; intercession; mediation
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
omniscience and omnipotence
stealthily; secretly; in secret
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
reason; cause; circumstances
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning