sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
income; receipts; revenue
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
fairness; openness; impartiality; Komeito (Japanese political party)
sense of relief; feeling of relief
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
temper pattern of a sword blade
polish; grinding; sharpening
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
indescribable; exquisite; inexpressible; indefinable
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
core; tang (of a sword, etc.); middle of a nest of boxes