guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)
power; authority; jurisdiction
stupid; dim-witted; dense; dull; obtuse; slow
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with someone's suggestion; to be talked into doing
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
this and that; one thing and another
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
something like ...; something called ...
to be given up; to be discontinued
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
sacred teachings (esp. of Confucius); Confucianism; Christianity; Buddhism
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
student (esp. a university student)