surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
neighboring countries; surrounding countries
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
reform; reformation; reorganization
whatever the case; under any circumstances
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
preference; priority; precedence
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
results-oriented approach; resultism; belief in results
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to knock down; to knock off
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
without accident; uneventfully; without ...
to be hot on a person's heels
sense of loss; feeling of loss
dishonor during one's life; shame experienced during one's life
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
to refuse; to decline; to deny
bored; having nothing to do; idle
every month; each month; monthly
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day