close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
rank and official position
supervised; under surveillance
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
these guys; these fellows
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
smallish; on the small side
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
split; division; break up
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
nausea; sickness in the stomach
like this; this sort; this way