to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
(death from) starvation; starving to death
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
now that; since; so long as; because
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
how many years; how long; what year
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
reservoir; lake formed by a dam
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group