use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
to spend time (on doing something)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
conversely; on the contrary
to solicit; to demand; to extort
that kind; competition; match
datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to know (a person); to think
kindness; intimacy; friendship
ill will; malice; evil intent
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
questions and answers; dialogue
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
rain and wind; driving rain
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful