to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
exceptional item; extraordinary product
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
real intention; true motive; true meaning
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
guess; speculation; supposition
region; limits; stage; level
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
existence; being; presence
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to discuss; to talk together
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to press a question; to cross-examine
conviction; belief; confidence
speculation; thinking; meditation
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview