to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
quarrel; dispute; argument
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
domestic help; domestic helper; domestic servant; maid
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
half the body; half length
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen); horsewhip
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
calls and sounds made by insects
the other day; a few days ago
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
to gather; to collect; to assemble
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to glare at each other; to confront each other
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
endurance contest; test of endurance
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)