due form; official; formality
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
intention; personal opinion
middle of the night; dead of night
origami; art of paper folding; hallmark; certificate of authenticity
var. of traditional Japanese paper
to tie; to fix; to attach
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
grasp; catch; understanding
fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls
payment default; overdue on a payment
account book; register; ledger
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
because of; owing to; due to
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
very loose; slowly; leisurely
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is
ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
that kind; competition; match