to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
the ocean; the great deep
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards
(social) position; status
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
suppression; repression; subjugation
dealing with; coping with
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
defense; defence; protection
three; three years of age
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from
recovery; rescue; recapture
on the occasion of; at the time of
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
capture; seizure; military capture of a foreign vessel; making a prize of
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
nervousness; oversensitivity
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
when it comes to; concerning
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living