first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
otherwise; if not; or else
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
interception; monitoring; tapping
Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom); euagaric fungus (in grocery stores, usu. refers to cultivated field mushrooms, etc.)
dealing with; coping with
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
sound of the expulsion of soft matter mixed with water; diarrhea, etc. sounds; watery
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company
mission; delegation; transmission
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
one's house; one's home; one's family
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
alien (from another planet)
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
just past noon; afternoon
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory