serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
gift; present; tip; bribe
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
name; given name; first name
because of; owing to; due to
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
such; like that; that sort of; very
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
going around; patrol; round; tour
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
that's the way it is; such is life