head; brains; intellect; understanding
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to happen to have on hand or in stock
steady; sound; reliable; solid
to suppress one's emotions
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to detain; to check; to restrain
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
process; course; mechanism
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
first-rate; finest quality; the best
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
conduit (pipe); water pipe
radical (of a kanji character)
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
suddenly; all of a sudden
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
to ask a high price; to overcharge
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth