adoration; admiration; devotion
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
illicit sexual relationship
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to do together; to share; to participate in
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
storm area (winds of 25mps or more)
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
newcomer; initiate; rookie
retort; back talk; backchat
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
patting; stroking; caressing
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
complete lie; outright lie
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture