circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
second day of the month; two days
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
programme; program; plans; arrangements
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
to start writing; to begin (a book, letter, etc.)
affixing a seal (to); putting one's seal (on)
affixing a seal (to); putting one's seal (on)
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
approval; license; licence; permission
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
receipt (of a letter, money, etc.); acceptance; receiving
delivery; transfer; hand-over
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
looks; personal appearance; features
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
duty; obligation; responsibility
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
incommunicative; taciturn
safe; vault; storage cabinet
seventh day of the month; seven days
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
picking; collecting; harvesting
conveying the will of the governing to the governed; top-down (system)
management of an organization; organizational management; organizational operation