polite; courteous; hospitable
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
one's post; place of work; workplace
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
(a place) out of one's reach
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
future (usually near); prospects
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
one's home country; one's homeland
dominion; territory; possession
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
commander; commanding officer; CO
on the strength of numbers
surrounding at a distance
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement