percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
dozens; scores of; decades
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
contract; compact; agreement
control; management (e.g. of a business)
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
more than anything; above all else
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
to subsist; to keep on living
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
making efficient; optimization
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
transceiver (send and receive)
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
to look forward to something
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
second day of the month; two days
hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village; legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La
(with) only a few left; (with) little left
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent