pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
arbitration; intercession; mediation
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
double; twice (as much); twofold
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
depending on; dependent on
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
performance of one's official duties
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
document; official papers
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
fortress; stronghold; citadel
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
nice; likeable; desirable
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
strategic arrangement of go stones; opening moves; preparation; preparatory steps; groundwork
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
all you have to do is; just; that's all
left side; left-hand side
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
gossip; corner of the mouth