policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
to speak; to hear a voice
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
measures to defend oneself (for self-defense) (defence)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
pricking; stinging; tingling
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of; (lit.) to boil the dirt under (somebody's) fingernails and drink it (so that you may become like them)
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
to summon courage; to be brave
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
most recent work (e.g. book, film, etc.); latest work; latest offering
previous work; preceding work; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
proper; respectable; decent; honest
first thing in the morning
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
first thing in the morning
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
elementary operation; basic operation; fundamental procedure
wherein; therein; thereinto
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
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
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)