year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
image; figure; figure; form; image
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to speak ill of; to disparage
tag (children's game); tig
to become an expert; to be master at
irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency
cake or snack served with tea
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
absentmindedness; peace of mind
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to have a good idea; to be able to predict
mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
to order; to command; to appoint
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business)
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
jumping to a hasty conclusion