particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets; bisexuality; player who can play as both pitcher and fielder; dual sword wielding; two-sword fencing
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
combination; union; binding; bond
mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
individual; private person; personal; private
to entrust; to leave to a person
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
failure is the mother of success
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
study; research; investigation
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
to not take seriously; to take lightly
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to hand over; to surrender
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
it is not (like that) either
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
near; close; beside; third person
to base something on; to make something the basis
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
ago; since; before; previous
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included