end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
birth; creation; formation
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
convenient; handy; useful
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
mouse (esp. laboratory); (computer) mouse; mouth
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
handrail; railing; banister
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
difficult to ...; hard to ...
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
stallion brought close to a mare to test her readiness to mate; stalking horse; spoiler
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)