light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
bashing; fierce criticism; busing (catering); bussing; removing dirty plates, cutlery, etc. from a table in a restaurant
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
(I) won't say anything no matter what; to be unwilling to tell even under threat
temporarily; short period; once; one morning
domestic discord; internal discord; internal strife; internal struggle; infighting
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
foreign; abroad; overseas
launching out; embarking upon (a career)
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
guess; speculation; supposition
region; limits; stage; level
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
now that; since; so long as; because
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
professor; teaching; instruction
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such