fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
three heads are better than two; (lit.) if three people gather; the wisdom of Manjushri
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
beginning; clue; starting point
location famous for production of something (usually food)
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
last night; yesterday evening
cooperation; collaboration
other side; opposite side; other party
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to work hard; to work diligently
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
longing for others; wanting company
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
master; teacher; stable master
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
not necessarily so; is not always true
even so; anyhow; at any rate
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period