purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
straining; draining; drainer; strainer; cutwater (on ship); forefoot
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to chase; to run after; to pursue
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
to cease; to stop; to be over
quarrel; dispute; argument
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
first generation; founder
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
vehement objection; bitter opposition
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
dying in a fit of anger or indignation
Remember (Pink Lady song)
password; watchword; motto; slogan
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
having said that; be that as it may
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn