to bring; to take; to bring about
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
point of departure; initial point; starting point
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to do (a person) good; to bring profit
destruction; collapse; crumbling
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
subtracting points; points deducted
human; human-like; as a person
encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
breaking ball (pitch); curve ball; screwball
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
sanity; consciousness; soberness
gazing at; staring at fixedly; eyeballing; glaring; giving a hard look
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
maximum allowable single-day loss (stock exchange, etc.)
be (that) as it may; having said that
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to hide; to keep to oneself
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
than; other than; except; but