way of asking; way of listening; listener
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
early (prompt) settlement; swift resolution; speedy solution
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
retention; maintenance; preservation
material witness; suspect
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
(police) legwork; house-to-house inquiry; canvassing; investigation carried out by questioning neighbours, bystanders, etc.
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
script used to write Sanskrit (esp. Siddham)
robbery and murder; murder during robbery
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
to be free; to be available