teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
filtration; filtering; percolation
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
from the viewpoint of; according to
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
slight; little; insignificant
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
traditional Japanese medicine; Japanese folk medicine
administration (of medicine)
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
raw materials; ingredients
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
grooming oneself (esp. animals); mutual grooming (e.g. monkeys); social grooming; personal grooming
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to push aside; to push one's way through
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap