difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to put into effect; to put into practice
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
one scene (e.g. in a movie)
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
retreating figure; appearance from behind
to be laughed at; to get oneself laughed at (e.g. by doing something stupid)
to run down (stairs, etc.)
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
persistence; single-mindedness
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)