brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
silk damask; satin damask
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
(coming to a) sudden stop
blow; hit (on the body); beating
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
juvenile vagrant; street urchin; waif; guttersnipe
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
thickness; profundity; depth
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground); to prostrate oneself; to give a deep, reverent bow
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at