resignation; acceptance; consolation
drastic treatment; rough-and-ready treatment; drastic remedy; drastic measures; drastic steps
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
environment; circumstance
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
to forget to say; to forget to mention
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
as before; as ever; as it was originally
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to become insensitive; to become less perceptive; to lose one's touch; to get out of practice
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
Japanese-style writing desk
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
start of a sentence, phrase, etc.
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
sleeping comfort or snugness
to make a list; to enumerate
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
to fold up; to fold into layers
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
(government) inspector-general (Edo period); upper superintendent officer
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
at your own discretion; as you see fit