to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to agree on the principle; to firmly establish a policy
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
covert action; covert operations
already; now; no longer; not any more
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to begin grandly; to start with a bang; to make a spectacular beginning; (lit.) to throw open the curtains
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
health; healthy; sound; fit
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
attending physician; physician in charge; (one's) family doctor
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression